disclosure jeff is a friend, but when i first read this headline and saw that it was posted on april 1st i thought - ah ha, good one jeff especially considering who jeff works for, but upon reading its very thoughtful and not at all poking fun at anyone - worth reading all the way through the comments... - mike "glemak" dunn from Bookmarklet

Hm. There are some...interesting? different? (than me) viewpoints there, that much is for sure. Which is a good thing, don't get me wrong. I like seeing new viewpoints. I'm reading James Boyle's "The Public Domain" right now, and I see a lot of the same debates reflected in the post and comments. Worth noodling on...thanks, mike. - Ken Kennedy

yeah i agree ken, i'm not a twitter fan yet still have an acct that stays active even though i mostly push status via hellotxt and replies from ff - for me rss is very powerful in fact it powers the presence aggregation that makes ff such a rich experience :) - mike "glemak" dunn

Hey Mike, thanks for the poke. I guess you use FF like I use Twitter, have limited bandwidth to be active in both! I wrote this post late last night, not even thinking that the April Fools filter was still in effect, after an exchange with some friends. My perspective on this is deliberately from the point of publisher because the limitations of RSS to this community of stakeholders has meant that while it is deployed it is not really embraced. Twitter gives publishers a lot of brand control, which is good. - Jeff Nolan

ah, yes rss is powerful but only if embraced and yes not all publishers have - agreed... - mike "glemak" dunn

Well, following a link on Twitter is less of a commitment than subscribing to a feed. I /discover/ links through Twitter & FF, but I only /subscribe/ to a feed if I'm really interested. The problem is that publishers are using Twitter as a feed /publishing/ platform. Blame the publishers. - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick