Answer: blog readers. :) - Jason Nunnelley

Soon subscribing and following won't matter. Publishing good stuff that people "like" will matter most with the only little advantage in having a lot of subscribers or followers will be that your good content might reach more people faster. - Charbax

“Under a direct comparison, I would say that RSS subscribers are worth more than Twitter followers,” says Daniel Scocco - kang

RSS, of course - Louis Gray

RSS with REtweet option at the FEED - Ali

how does growth in google reader users compare to growth in twitter/facebook users? - Brian Hendrickson

gotta agree. RSS. Twitter is great as cloudthink, but not the best for organizing things. At least not for those with lives that don't involve looking at it all day long :) - Jorge Chapa

RSS. They're more engaged with the content. - Bob Morris (polizeros)

RSS is clearly superior. You don't subscribe to a feed unless you wish to engage with the writer. - Jack B

It all depends on how to Monetize it - Rob Cairns

Ask a teenager and they'd likely say they're both worthless and are for old folks. It's all relative and dependant on who your target audience is. I find RSS subscribers to be of greater value, but there is value in the real-time echo chamber of Twitter. The value with Twitter lies in the ability to reach broader audience numbers faster and pull them in as RSS subscribers. - Jim Goldstein

Twitter is two-way and thus allows built-in communication/feedback. RSS is one-way and does not. I'd have to go with Twitter on this one. - Jeff Harbert

Dave Winer is gonna come in here and smack you for comparing Twitter to RSS - @baratunde

Interesting article. I think it is a different animal. RSS is passive, Twitter is an active process of conversation. I guess the same has been said earlier in this stream conversation. For me personally, more business has been done in the interaction on Twitter. I also have discovered more new things on Ttwitter than any other way. - Eran Even-Kesef

part of the "value" is how much you know about your new audience member. a new follower on Twitter/Facebook/Friendfeed (if it's not a spammer) includes useful/interesting info about who just joined your network - Brian Hendrickson

Both, mostly, the information in a tweet are very interesting but the author would never write a blog post about such a short tought... - Antonio Correnti

RSS is like a DVR -- you can save everythign to read later. Twitter is real-time, so most people followers will miss your Tweets anyway. It's all about the spiral of silence. - Steve Lynch from twhirl

All about the likes... especially when you consider Facebook and Google's future impact on our notions of "following" or "subscribing." - Sam Harrelson

Like the others... it's RSS. Too much gets lost in the stream of twitter. Even if you don't have a massive network. RSS feeds are there waiting for me. And I only subscribe to the stuff I really care about. - adam christensen

The question should be about value. What have you given to your readers via RSS/Twitter? You build your communities/followers/friends through giving information/knowledge that they find useful. Twitter is about sharing, not selling. Build trust first. Engage. Both RSS/Twitter work in tandem. - iconic88

Both have a lot of value and the best/most interesting bloggers know how to leverage both medium. Fred Wilson is a perfect example of twitter, blogging and discuss/comments working in concert to create a very active community. - Edwin Khodabakchian

Which is better - Cake or Pizza? - Robert Freeze

Jim: im a teenager (im 17) - i dont think their worthless. i would have to say twitter - why? if you where to stop posting to your blog today, nothing would be sent to your subscribers... right? - Chris Clayton

I just declared bankruptcy on my google reader and dumped 1000+ unread feeds, that said, I still think RSS is a very powerful way of connecting with your readers. Twitter is important, but more flighty because it is so temporal in nature. Whereas a feed sits in your reader until you are ready to look at it. - Peggy Dolane

Who cares? As long as the people are active, comment, join the conversation and come back - that what matters. The source matters for statistics. P.S. Came here from a twitter RT :) - Sasha Kovaliov

My blog readers pay more than mere followers or even socnet friends. - Bernie Goldbach

And I thought I heard somewhere RSS was slowly fading away...Or maybe it's time for it to evolve? I would also vote for RSS. - Zack Brandit

I've always viewed RSS subscribers as being worth about 10x a Twitter follower. FriendFeed is up in the air because I think the number of people with accounts >>> the people who actively use it. - Gary

RSS > Facebook Fans > FriendFeed > Twitter - Gary

quoting Jason, blog readers. - diego morelli

RSS - Burak Arikan