My understanding is that another difference is even more important to the author, and that is control over client-side user experience (UX). A neutral protocol or API would allow for different and/or more customizable clients, and readers (posters, commenters) could modify their UX and do things like aggregate content from different sites without imposing on other users or on the site maintainers.
My understanding is that another difference is even more important to the author, and that is control over client-side user experience (UX). A neutral protocol or API would allow for different and/or more customizable clients, and readers (posters, commenters) could modify their UX and do things like aggregate content from different sites without imposing on other users or on the site maintainers.