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> What's the advantage of Atom, which can be read on a web page or a standalone client, versus email, which can be read on a web page or a standalone client?

I find RSS/Atom more a-sync while e-mail tends to be more interrupt-driver (even with filters and folders (or *hawk*spit* Gmail's tags)).

> But what do I get by going with Atom?

Not having your e-mail address yet one more database?



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