Of course one wouldn't expect tech bloggers to write about politics - there are political blogs for that - if I understand the critique correctly it is saying that there is an important tech-blog angle to this story which was missed by most of the tech bloggers. As much as the Plaxo vs. Facebook controversy touched on some important issues happening in the area of data portability, there are tech-related stories happening throughout the world that deserve at least as much attention.
Basically, it should not wrap the blockquote tag inside p tags, since it ends up overlapping tags if there are multiple paragraphs inside the blockquote. You end up with: p-blockquote-/p!!! It would be great if this could be fixed, since some people on a group blog I manage depend on your plugin!
This plugin produces invalid HTML when used with blockquote, as discussed in this WordPress Support Forum thread. Basically, it should not wrap the tag inside tags, since it ends up overlapping tags if there are multiple paragraphs inside the blockquote. You end up with: !!! It would be great if this could be fixed, since some people on a group blog I manage depend on your plugin!