One big plus of RSS: sometimes posts are removed silently and the act of removing is telling a lot about the publisher just by reading the subject. I still see

One big plus of RSS: sometimes posts are removed silently and the act of removing is telling a lot about the publisher just by reading the subject. I still see at least the subject. On HN which I primarily consume by RSS I sometimes read posts which are flagged. In my years on HN I once vouched for a flagged post because I found that the post has a lot of merit. If I had read by the front page I never would have seen these posts.