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		brlewis on Nov 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Twitter Can't Replace RSS Unread counts are a UI feature orthogonal to the underlying syndication format. FriendFeed uses RSS and doesn't have unread counts.

masklinn on Nov 4, 2014 [–]

Meanwhile a number of twitter clients do have unread counts (Tweetbot certainly does)

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