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I follow a bunch of GNU/Linux developers on it. They seem to have moved to G+ instead of personal blogs:

https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds

https://plus.google.com/+gregkroahhartman

https://plus.google.com/+AlanCoxLinux

etc.

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Other people who post interesting things in the Algorithms and Math areas: David Eppstein, David Roberts, Terrence Tao.

I quite like reading people like those on G+ without all the noise and distractions on Facebook and Twitter.

Yes, and the thing that bothers me most is that there are no RSS feeds available. Having these would be even less noise/distraction. I understand why they don't provide RSS feeds, but I don't like it.

My understanding is (was) that each group can choose to enable RSS if they want. I seem to remember Go having RSS and Dart not (or vice versa). When I asked the one that didn't, they said they choose not to enable it (in order to draw people into the site).

Indeed, the GNU/Linux devs very often uses G+ as blog platform but also there are some communities around the GNU/Linux stuff like elementaryOS[1][2] or WorldOfGnome[2].

[1] https://plus.google.com/communities/104613975513761463450

[2] https://plus.google.com/+elementary/posts

[3] https://plus.google.com/+WorldofGnomeOrg/posts

Is it odd that some of the biggest names of FOSS use such a closed platform? Or is Richard Stallman sort of the exception in being a FOSS zealot?

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