these two [1]. In researching…

these two. In researching this article, I heard from more than two dozen bloggers with their their thoughts on the news aggregator phenomenon. (The responses also had an international flavor, with respondents in Israel, Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands and elsewhere.) While the 1,800 word limit prevented me from using more than a half-dozen or so comments (my solicitation came before I knew about a word limit, incidentally), I found a lot of their comments insightful and possibly of use to RSS developers. The answers they gave were thoughtful and deep — and often too detailed for the kind of general introduction article I was writing. So I’m including lengthy excerpts from them on these two weblog story pages. Here are some snippets: [JD’s New Media Musings]