> Look at this HackerNews: you have to click on links in the front page to get to the submissions, which are in different sites. Gee, how useless; if I have to

> Look at this HackerNews: you have to click on links in the front page to get to the submissions, which are in different sites. Gee, how useless; if I have to click, I might as well just go directly to those websites and skip this HackerNews thing. This analogy breaks down when you take into context what the purpose is for both sites. HN: I want to discover new content that likeminded people find interesting. RSS: I want to read what this person has to say specifically.