I'm conflicted about this. On one hand, I like to have the full text in the RSS feed.
On the other hand, if someone makes or writes something that is interesting enough to get in HN feed, why not have HN send them the traffic spike, regardless of whether it's ad supported or ego supported.
The current way doesn't seem broken for me. In fact, I enjoy seeing the design of the various sites (even if it's fugly) as well as the presentation of their info.
I used to be conflicted about this as well. But then I realised something: If I like an article, I always click and read it on the original site.
But until I can see the first few paragraphs or an image, I can't quite decide whether I like it or not, or at least it would seem my decision isn't as accurate.
The thing that really bothers me about the current HN feed, though, is that it looks sooo spammy. Just a quick succession of same-looking entries. It's psychologically discouraging.
On the other hand, if someone makes or writes something that is interesting enough to get in HN feed, why not have HN send them the traffic spike, regardless of whether it's ad supported or ego supported.
The current way doesn't seem broken for me. In fact, I enjoy seeing the design of the various sites (even if it's fugly) as well as the presentation of their info.
Either way, kudos for a nice coding exercise.