I don't get it

Weblog:		Anticipating RSS Spam
Subject:		I don't get it
Date:		2004-03-25 21:55:03
From:		aristotle

With RSS feeds, content doesn't come to me unless I explicit have it fetched by subscribing to a feed. But unlike Usenet, I don't subscribe to a public forum; content comes from a single author, or a fixed group of them. I don't really see why webbugs would be much of a concern, either. Webbugged mail comes to its recipient unrequested; webbugged feeds are explicitly polled by the reader. There isn't much to gain from webbugs beyond the information you already have. Sure, the content might come with ads. That's about as far as things can go.