And I used to really like WordPress, too. However, trying to get this site up and running on wordpress.com was an exercise in epic failure. I could go on for quite a while about the many problems, but the biggest, baddest example is illustrated wonderfully:
If you purchase a domain through them (for god’s sake, don’t do it!), you can access their co-branded version of GoDaddy’s domain control panel with a password chosen through the WordPress dashboard. When I chose a password for same, I got this fabulous array dump of an output as the only response. Thinking it was an aberration, I tried again. Same horrible result. The best part, of course, is the password shown in clear text. EPIC FAIL, WORDPRESS.