Why offer RSS feeds when readers need to register for content.

Om Malik, Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 8:13 AM PT Comments (3)

It is plain dumb, and waste of reader’s time. I wish newspapers wouldn’t abuse RSS like this.

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July 26th, 2005
8:51 AM PT
Jake said:

unsubscribe.

Or is that gun pointed at your head making you subscribe to this RSS feed? And going through the hassle of a one time registration?

I’m glad your content is not behind a registration wall, but it has never really hurt to register at NYTimes and such.

July 26th, 2005
9:34 AM PT
Om Malik said:

this comes from doing RSS search and setting up alerts in services like technorati and pubsub. anyway how many sites can one register for. new york times is never a problem, for its worth it. but not all papers are worth it

July 26th, 2005
2:05 PM PT
David said:

Just use bugmenot for these stupid registrations like the rest of us do. A Firefox plugin makes it a single click.

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