New Viral Video among the Blogosphere

It’s funny how I read all of these different blogs on a daily basis and often times they will all post the same content once it becomes popular. It makes my Google Reader look like I’m just obsessed with one article.

Although this was already featured on TechCrunch, John Chow.com, and ProBlogger (seemingly in that order) I thought I would post this on here also, to give the exploit even more exposure in hopes that FeedBurner addresses it.

How to get Thousands of FeedBurner “subscribers” overnight by using Netvibes and an OPML file:

So why is this a problem? Well, I feel that artificially inflating your FeedBurner count can only hurt the system. Good content, dedication, and keeping things fresh and interesting is the only way a blogger will succeed in gaining real readership outside of their immediate family. By using tactics to make it appear as if your blog is more popular then it really is it only shows how much you care about actually building a quality blog and it defeats the purpose of the system for those who actually use to improve their blog.

Plus I wouldn’t bother trying now, chances are the loophole is already fixed.