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The creators of Explode report that they will soon implement widget skinning, OpenID and an API. Explode is a simple system, but it solves a very clear problem of siloed social networks without asking people to abandon the services they are already invested in.
Unfortunately MyBlogLog has been plagued by problems. Spammers (nothing personal Mr. Online-Pharmacy, thanks for reading my blog) are relatively easy to block from your widget but identity problems have been a bigger challenge. From my face appearing in comments left by my friend after I borrow his computer to my boss’s face appearing in comments I leave because we co-author the same blog to Michael Arrington’s dog’s face appearing next to comments I leave around the web for who knows what reason - MyBlogLog cookies have a tendency to get mixed up. This month’s spate of random invitations to be added as co-author other users’ blogs was just the most recent issue. On top of it all, I now find myself unable to gracefully deny having read a post on someone’s blog once my face has appeared in their sidebar.
Even if these problems were all solved, there’s a level of data capture by Yahoo! via the service, and subsequent lack of access on the part of users, that’s disconcerting. You can opt out of a lot in MyBlogLog and still use the service, but it’s not at all obvious how to do so. An open source, community based alternative could prove very welcome.

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