[Matt Q]

Hi Alex,

I was aware of your points 1 & 2. But I think that what you say in 3 about rssing is not quite the case. It doesn't just store the thread titles. It stores the first few lines of the thread and hence the first few lines of the poem. I can google the opening lines of poems, and the rssing link shows up in Google (that's how I became aware of rssing). If I follow that link it takes me to the poem on Sphere, assuming that poem is still there (which it was in my case). Where people use a fake title for the thread and the real title above their poem, rsssing will still store the real title by virtue of that being the first line of the thread. This means that some of the poems currently posted on the forums can be found if you use Google to search on first lines (and titles). Without rssing, this wouldn't be the case.

For example, if you Google these opening lines:
"High on a window today: good traction, smooth ,wet with rain"

You'll find rssing have a link which takes you straight to Steve's poem. Actually it appears on a second site too ...

I'm not saying this is a huge problem, and I apologise if my pointing this out is causing people to panic, that's certainly not my intention.

best,

Matt