Scoble Asks for Partial RSS!
Well, not specifically – but read what he's wisely ranting about:
Even more troubling? I keep seeing my posts reposted all over the place on other blogs without attribution. Often on blogs that are trying to make a little money from Google advertising and/or are mixing my content in with links to their own sites to try to spam Google and MSN and Yahoo’s search engines into thinking their pages are more important than they really are.
Heh. Yeah. That's what happens when you give 'em full RSS feeds, dude. Can't have it both ways, and I think you're finally seeing the frustration that many of us realized well over a year ago. I told you that full RSS feeds are idealistic, and that partial feeds are the easiest way to protect yourself from scraping and whatnot. The blogosphere is being used because some of us allow it to be used. You don't like what I have to say, and you don't like partial RSS feeds – but that's exactly what you're asking for, indirectly and completely. Love ya, but it seems I'm winning this argument. ;)




