I think it is more a matter of; what else is there? You want to follow an infrequently updated blog? You pretty much have to use Atom/RSS. The fact that, say,

I think it is more a matter of; what else is there? You want to follow an infrequently updated blog? You pretty much have to use Atom/RSS. The fact that, say, Facebook has gotten super popular doesn't really help. Facebook is the worst for infrequently updated stuff. It's mostly noise.