Feed Me, Atlantic
Note 2010-02-28_14-40-08:
Context: if you’re arriving here late, the article below was a response to my pal, nostrich’s post about my own lamenting of the recent disappearance of full-content RSS feeds for The Atlantic Monthly’s online-only features. It’s not about how everything in the world has to be free to everybody all the time forever; it is, in my opinion, about trying to reconcile two incongruous trends: 1) big media properties pushing their writers to post frequently online, then, 2) cutting that great writing off at the knees by not providing its full content in free RSS feeds. ‘Nuff said. —mdm (the Kung Fu Grippe Guy)
Heck, even the fuddy-duddies at Slate want full text RSS. The bottom line:
Every time a Web site makes itself harder to read and traverse, it jettisons potential fans. — Jack Shafer, Slate Editor-at-large
