internet - The digital divide in Europe
Traditionally when is being talked about the 'Digital Divide', it is about the haves and the havenots in the world, those poor people who cannot even spare a few hundred euro to get a basic computer and an internet connection.
But here in Europe I note another profound 'digital divide'. I know that even in the US and China a larger number of internet users has not clue about RSS. For me knowing or not knowing about RSS has become a tool to put people in one camp or the other.
A small investigation into the use of RSS in the Netherlands gave some shocking results. This rather specialised weblog enjoys about 150 RSS-readers at Bloglines and since they cover about 20 percent of the market, I estimate that between 700 and 800 people read this through an RSS-reader.
In the Netherlands even the most popular weblogs - with hundreds of comments per entry - like Geen Stijl, have only 60 subscriptions over Bloglines. My Dutch weblog has only three, although it is only active since earlier this year.
It shows that most internet users in the US still do not use RSS, even not those who are very active in the online conversations. That should change.

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