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" With Akismet there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective? It seemed more people would be helped by blocking spam. "

Matt Mullenweg

Open

World

People

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Matt Mullenweg

Doing

Trying

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Matt Mullenweg

I Wish

Wish

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