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RSS Feeds I no Longer Subscribe To

Every so often (twice so far), I’ll remove a feed from BlogLines (yes, I know GReader is better). So far, here are the two I’ve taken out:

Steve Rubel (MicroPersuasion): Was the first. Jumping all over every trend, he came across more and more as a paid advertisement (whether he was paid or not) - a sycophantic babbler. Not interesting. Then there was the whole “I throw my PC-Mag subscription in the trash” Twitter blow-up. Yay, you’re an egotistical jerk too. Uncov tears into Rubel in typical fashion. FEED DELETED.

Dave Winer (Scripting News): I know he originated RSS, and is friendly with lots of A-list bloggers. But, as I commented on the ‘wag, he’s a mean spirited, web-centric incarnation of Wozniak - riding high on past contributions that most everyone’s moved on from. And he really does seem to be a mean spirited jerk a lot of the time. His blog is unable to hold my attention, he’s acting up like a tool — FEED DELETED.

On the topic of Uncov: I wanted to delete them, because I think personal attacks aren’t required to make an adequate mockery of the average online business. But I couldn’t - they’re too good.