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Over at , Dave Winer says:
Every blog should have a Subscribe button. In an open ecosystem this is a problem, a problem that silos don't have. Which is the advantage Twitter (a silo) has over the open web.
I guess I'm not smart enough to see what that problem might be.
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@jeremycherfas scripting.com doesn’t have a visibly–named Subscribe button, there is a concentric arc icon that links to: scripting.com/rss.xml, thereafter Firefox offers subscription…
, Jan 31 2018 on micro.blog
All true and all good points; my concern is why it should be a problem for sites to offer a Subscribe button.
When I teach writing (which I do), I always say to people, "This is ambiguous. Sure, I can ask you here in class. But most people who read this aren't going to be able to ask you to clarify. They're either going to be confused, or jump to the meaning you don't want them to."
The silly thing is, Dave is there to clarify, and he chooses not to.
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Many browsers offer a subscribe button if the site’s underlying markup has appropriate pointers; I had to dig around in Firefox’s customisation to find it, but it exists …
Chris Neale, Jan 31 2018 on definitely.cn