RSS Does Not Mean Restricted Simple Syndication
Well, I’m a bit miffed at DeviantArt. It seems you can’t subscribe to a member’s online journal’s RSS feed unless you’re a DeviantArt member. I can understand not being able to post comments unless you’re a member to cut down on spammers, MySpace is the same way. The difference though is that MySpace let’s non-members subscribe to RSS feeds.
I have no clue why DeviantArt is blocking access to the RSS feed, non-members can still read the journals on the website. And while DeviantArt does have paid memberships, they also have free ones which I’m assuming can also access the RSS feed.
So in general, unless I’m missing something it seems to me that DeviantArt is just trying to control something that shouldn’t be restricted. And honestly, if I had access to the RSS feed I’d be more likely to check out the site more often since I wouldn’t have to remember to check eveytime I wanted to see if my friends there had new content to read.