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by embedding-shape 184 days ago
> I am quite surprised and a bit disappointed that almost none of them have RSS.

I think it's on purpose. It is to signal that these (those without RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all, they're marketing websites aimed to help with recruiting and making the organization seem "engineering-like".
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zbentley 184 days ago
What? That makes no sense. RSS is beloved and known among engineers. Marketers? Not so much.
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embedding-shape 184 days ago
Exactly, so if the blog doesn't have RSS, you know they're probably made from marketers with no input from engineering, otherwise they'd have RSS on the blogs.

Edit: Ah, noticed I made a without/with typo, fixed that, should make about 2% more sense now for the ones who the original meaning was unclear :)

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zbentley 184 days ago
Oh, I read your post backwards (thought you said RSS == more likely fluff). My fault, sorry!
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embedding-shape 184 days ago
To be fair to you, my original comment did say:

> It is to signal that these (those with RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all

So now when I corrected that with/without typo, it looks like your previous comment doesn't make sense, but it kind of did, at the time. Sorry about that and thanks for making me realize the typo!

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