I definitely agree that many outlets are bloated and a lot of fat needs to be trimmed. That would be my first step before blocking search engines. If I was a c

I definitely agree that many outlets are bloated and a lot of fat needs to be trimmed. That would be my first step before blocking search engines. If I was a content producer (which I'm not so my experience here is limited) but I would be upset by sites like Digg, Reddit, Mahalo, etc. that simply aggregate news, drive up my bandwidth costs, and leave me with fleeting traffic. There's nothing really meaningful in this relationship. It's like a superficial date that never gives you a kiss at the end of the night, but always expects you to pay for dinner.