Use By Weblog Software
Many weblog software packages mark reader-submitted links this way by default (often with no option to disable it, except for modification of the software's code).
More sophisticated server software could spare the nofollow for links submitted by trusted users like those registered for a long time, on a whitelist, or with an acceptable karma level. Some server software adds rel="nofollow" to pages that have been recently edited but omits it from stable pages, under the theory that stable pages will have had offending links removed by human editors.
The widely used blogging platform WordPress versions 1.5 and above automatically assign the nofollow attribute to all user-submitted links (comment data, commenter URI, etc.). However, there are several free plugins available that automatically remove the nofollow attribute value.
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