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Adam's stand on RSS

Here’s how Adam Curry voice his objection to (N)echo project: he would pay $10K to spread among aggregrator developers, for who to adhere RSS 2.0, and kick NEcho out of view.

Why is he doing this? Simple. He is economically hurted by the project. He spent $10,000 to get pre-listed feed on Userland Radio. And hence his investment and commitment on the RSS. And then he speack out with the same trick to object to the new format.

Come on, Adam. We read your blog not just because of the default feed on some aggregrator or your fame (though I agree it’s a smart marketing). It’s your writing, and you, who to be known/accessed by your writing, to attract readers to your blog. The aggregrator world ain’t going to leave out NEcho just because some objection. It won’t reduce the effort on developing the new format either, so if you (aggregrator developers) don’t support it, you are left out, you lose your customers. As a user, there’s nothing to lose, you got your choice, all the time.