Hellobee Suggestions

@brittanyb: Hey there! Sorry about that... we actually were forced to setup our feed like that because of previous experiences with spammers.

One of the tricky parts of feeds is that we are basically publishing a downloadable version of the blog's content but can't control who uses it. We've had several situations where people have downloaded our RSS feeds, and used them to power spam sites with our content. Each time it happens, it's been a lot of work to find the stolen content, draft a legal cease and desist or DMCA takedown notice, send it to the webhost hosting the content, and make a copyright claim. It's also upsetting to our bloggers and guest bloggers to discover that their content is being used by spammers!

So we thought we'd start off by being a bit more cautious with our feed. Now if someone uses our RSS feed to say, power a spam site, they won't have the full post. That means two things: 1) we're less likely to be used to power spam sites, and 2) if someone does use our content... we're more likely to find out quickly through our referral logs.

We'll continue to monitor the situation and reassess over time!