Answer by Paul Sweatte for User RSS Feeds: Feeding the Hand that Bites You?
feeds serve only one purpose: to make it easy (using a feed reader, even one built into a browser or mail client) to monitor a user's activity.A few other purposes:Convenient (No login), fast (No...
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Small pockets that inadvertently provide harbor to those with motives that aren't sincere are a hallmark of any system in which creativity and expression thrive. This is true in communities, it's true...
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With the help of Shog9, I spent a bit of time looking at the feeds to see who or what are using them, and if we could see any shady behavior taking place.We didn't find any evidence that they are being...
View ArticleAnswer by Barry for User RSS Feeds: Feeding the Hand that Bites You?
Don't ditch these feeds!As a regular user of SO, I've come across a lot of users on SO who are really good at what they do (see my profile page for said list, it's not like it's a secret). They tend to...
View ArticleAnswer by TankorSmash for User RSS Feeds: Feeding the Hand that Bites You?
I don't feel like gaming SO is as big of a problem as this at all. Sure, hypothetically it's a pretty effective tool to serially upvote someone, but the systems are already in place to detect that sort...
View ArticleUser RSS Feeds: Feeding the Hand that Bites You?
Background: Feed me, Seymour!Every SO user has an RSS feed. For example, mine can be accessed at this link:https://stackoverflow.com/feeds/user/2057919[Note: Anyone can view any user's feed; you do not...
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