So how'd that work out?

ItsAPundit's little venture into blog hosting didn't go all that well.

Oh, sure. A couple of bloggers took us up on it. Some existing bloggers who wanted a little side project. And a couple of folks that got into blogging for the first time.

But mostly, sploggers.

Those are spam-bloggers.

You know the type. They create a blog for the purpose of sending out spam.

I hate spam.

Not SPAM®. I like Hormel's fine meat product.

But spam. I hate spam.

And battling spam was a constant thing.

Then one blogger decided to post content that violated a copyright.

And the copyright owner (or claimant) decided to complain.

Now, if they had complained to me, I'd have quickly solved the problem.

But no. This American Idol (if, like me, you don't give a rat's ass about TV shows such as "American Idol," it's an updated, overblown, stretched-out version of "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour") contestant decided to contact Dreamhost, the place where this site is hosted. And they took it down before contacting me.

I didn't like that.

But I understand why they did what they did. Don't like it. But anyway, it's back up and running.

And so ends the little blog-hosting experiment.

So, what's going to happen to the few actual blogs that were created?

Well, nothing, really. I will continue to host them as WordPress blogs, rather than as a WordPress MU blog.

There might be a slight hiccup as the changeover from WordPress MU to WordPress 2.3 goes into effect. But that should be slight. So don't freak. But do contact me if your blog appears inaccessible.

But, as of now, no more new blogs.

If you want a new blog, give me a shout anyway. I may be able to help you out.