I’m adding a different service to support those of you who prefer to receive email updates of posts to this weblog rather than use an RSS reader. It’s on the Email Subscription page and called Squeet.
Squeet does not permit me to see the email addresses of those subscribing (and unsubscribing) so your privacy is similar to that involved in RSS subscriptions.
If you’ve already signed up on the initial service, Feedblitz, that’s OK; it’ll continue.
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Just to clarify, FeedBlitz totally honors its readers privacy. The difference is that we do permit readers’ email addresses to be shared with the publisher – we make this clear on the signup pages and in the FAQ and in the privacy policy. Readers can also register with FeedBlitz anonymously if they wish. It seems to us that if you want to have your reader hand out their email address for your content, it is reasonable to share their address with you. What you do with that information is up to you, but it isn’t a privacy issue.
Phil – You are absolutely right. This isn’t necessarily a privacy issue nor a weakness with Feedblitz. It depends on what one wants or is looking for. Some would consider the Squeet approach a weakness.
I’ll change the wording on my post. Thanks for stopping by.