Bloglines is a free web-based aggregator created by Mark Fletcher. It
was the first newsreader I tried, and I like many of its features. But
I’m very frustrated they lost all my subscribers! Here’s how it
happened– I toyed with the email addresses to frustrate spambots.
From: bdevine@spambotsarestinky.hotmail.com Subject: Web Form: [Feeds] Date: 29 Oct 2004 15:10:56 -0000
Hi–Bloglines shows the RSS feed for my blog as defective or missing,
and has for about the past 24 hours. My RSS feed is fine, and I’d love
my friends who subscribe to it in Bloglines to be able to read my
latest post (yesterday). I don’t know if this is a problem with Manila,
with weblogger.com, or with Bloglines, but I’m hoping you can fix it
anyway. BTW, that was great you gave $ to BloggerCon 3! Thx, Betsy
Feed: http://BetsyDevine.weblogger.com/xml/rss.xml
From: “Bloglines Customer Support”
<support@spambotsarestinky.bloglines.com> To:
bdevine@spambotsarestinky.hotmail.com Subject: Re: [#10889] Web Form:
[Feeds] Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:45:53 -0700 Hi there
Thanks for the bug report. We’re investigating it and hope to have it resolved soon.
— Kate kate@spambotsarestinky.bloglines.com Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com
Tell a Friend about Bloglines! http://www.bloglines.com/sendsubs
From: Betsy Devine [mailto:bdevine@spambotsarestinky.hotmail.com] Sent:
Monday, November 08, 2004 6:12 AM To:
support@spambotsarestinky.bloglines.com;
kate@spambotsarestinky.bloglines.com Subject: Re: [#10889] Web Form:
[Feeds]
Hi Kate and/or other supporters–
Whatever “fix” was applied caused my feed to lose all its 51 Bloglines subscribers including me.
Please give me back my subscribers, I worked hard to get them to like my blog.
In related news, I re-subscribed to my feed (so did 1 other person) and it isn’t updating in Bloglines.
Unhappily yours, Betsy
http://BetsyDevine.weblogger.com “Making trouble today for a better tomorrow.”
To: “‘Betsy Devine'”
<bdevine@spambotsarestinky.hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [#10889] Web
Form: [Feeds] Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:08:51 -0800
Hi Betsy,
Oh no, sorry about that. Let me see what I can find out for you.
Thanks for your patience.
Kate
From: “Betsy Devine” <bdevine@spambotsarestinky.hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [#10889] Web Form: [Feeds] Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:50:44
-0500
Hi Kate–
I want the 50 people you unsubscribed from my feed to be re-subscribed, please.
If this isn’t possible, I would like Bloglines to use some other way to
help me get my subscribers back–maybe by adding my blog as a top
Recommendation for people who subscribe to the same blogs I
subscribe to.
If this isn’t possible, I will have to blog about this very bad
experience with Bloglines as a way to notify my former subscribers that
they are no longer subscribed.
I hope to hear back from you soon about this problem. Betsy
http://BetsyDevine.weblogger.com “Making trouble today for a better tomorrow.”
From : Bloglines Customer Support <support@spambotsarestinky.bloglines.com>
Sent : Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:12 PM
To : “Betsy Devine” <bdevine@spambotsarestinky.hotmail.com>
Subject : Re: [#11477] Web Form: [Feeds]
Hi there Betsy,
Unfortunately we have no way to recovering that information.
Your site will most likely show up as
a recommendation for other people subscribed to the same sites. That’s
how the system works.
Please accept our apologies.
Thanks, — Kate
kate@spambotsarestinky.bloglines.com Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com
Tell a Friend about Bloglines! http://www.bloglines.com/sendsubs