You canβt separate the software from the community that built it. Therefore, true openness must dictate how that community is formed and run. We are what we choose to tolerate; in the same way that free software communities do not tolerate proprietary lock-in, they should not tolerate exclusionary social practices that lock people out.
Kevin Drum: Why have blog audiences declined over the past decade?
Short (theoretical) answer: RSS impacts the insertion of advertising.
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