random clicking slowed
Earlier today I noticed the public subscriber lists on bloglines aren't available. "Subscriber" numbers aren't listed either. I liked this function of bloglines because it let me know how many people subscribed to feeds of my blogs (usually 1(me)-5), it gave me a slight ego boost when I could claim to be one of the first subscribers to a cool blog and it was also a great function that let me find "related" feeds.
It's that ability to find related feeds that I'll miss the most. Taking a look at the public subscriptions of other internet users was a very fun, informative sort of thing. Doing so was especially useful when those users were good about structure - putting tv related feeds in a tv folder, music related feeds in a music folder, etc.
So, is this bloglines functionality gone for good? Just a temporary burp, pending an upgrade? Only time will tell.
Here are my public bloglines subscriptions: bloglines.com/public/marcb
UPDATE (4/11/06): The numbers are there. No conspiracy afoot.