Shyftr changes its tune on shared feeds

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excerpt After a blogstorm (or “bitchmeme,” as MG Siegler likes to call them) about the way in which it handled shared RSS feeds, social-media startup Shyftr has changed the way that its service works, according to a post from co-founder Dave Stanley, which I found via Lou ...

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  Jonathan Bailey 2 months ago with 1 point

  I am glad that they changed their policy as quickly as they did, but it shows to me that they did not think their business model all the way through. Yes, they are listening, but they are walking into a minefield with this and didn't bother getting a map.
  
  They're just hoping that the explosions don't hurt too bad...

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  Louis Gray 2 months ago with 1 point

  The negativity over Shyftr has been surprising to me, but now that we're here, they'll have to keep being open and transparent. It's amazing how many folks took what should be seen as a great development in RSS feed readers and saw it as an attack on their livelihood or copyright. When it boils down to it, you have a pair of guys working hard on their dream project who just got shot down by 90% of folks who never have actually used the service. I'm glad they listened and changed the product, but it hurts the users who __should__ have full access to the feeds and comments, in my opinion.
  
  It's a responsibility for us bloggers to be aware of and engage with the new forums for discussion. Those that don't will be passed up by those of us who do.

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