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by James Robertson.
Original Post: The sweet spot for RSS
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Syndic8 pegs the sweet spot for RSS - replacing email newsletters with RSS feeds. The prevaleence of spam causes two problems for traditional email digests:
Many spam filters block newsletters, because they "look like spam" to the filtering software - so that subscribers lose thee content they wanted in the first place
Even when newsletters get through, the torrent of spam coming downstream makes it easier for the letter to be ignored or deleted
Enter an RSS feed and an aggregator - people who want the content subscribe and get updates as they happen, sans spam. Watch the switchover start to happen
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