I am not saying its anyones fault… but if you want to out spamming techniques then lets out them.

I have read that some people have had their accounts deleted for using the exact same tactic you did, after you did it.
You made claims that success was due to the avatar, and even have Danny Sullivan fooled, as he mentioned it in his podcast.

If you had left my initial comment on your blog, and just admitted it at the time, it wouldn’t be an issue now.
But you deleted the comment, because being “outed” for spamming on your own blog wouldn’t have done your image any good.
So I mentioned it in the comments on Andy’s blog…

You claimed in Andy Beals comments that all the (at that time) 5000 contact invites were carefully selected, but the contact invites continued past 8000.

I also blogged about it here, linking through which would have appeared as a trackback, but obviously again you decided to cover up your tactics by not showing the trackback.

Now in your list of points:-

8 – Set thresholds on how many friends a user can add in one day.

It is bad enough if someone in a less prominent position uses such tactics.

The good thing is, MyBlogLog have at least partially fixed this problem, because emails are no longer being sent for contact requests.

Your recent diatribe regarding LinkedIn was exactly what you were subjecting MyBlogLog users to. Again your own tactics come back to haunt you.

As I pointed out from your interview with Matt:-

In the interview Shoemoney states that criticism plays “a vital role”, “I never learned anything from a compliment” and “learn from criticism”.
I didn’t link through to Shoe directly because he tends to censor criticism and trackbacks.

You are clearly demonstrating here that anyone who criticises you is going to be attacked with invective and would be burning bridges.
One of these days you will come to realise that the internet is not a dictatorship, and reputation management sometimes requires taking one on the chin.