I signed up to the local Freecycling mailing list today thinking it might be a good way to pass on some old household stuff. My heart sank when I saw it was a Yahoo groups list. I find Yahoo awkward to use – I seem to be asked to sign in at every click – and I avoid it like the plaque, apart from Flickr. I’ve opted for reading the list through it’s RSS feed, which seems the perfect avoidance solution. I’m the only subscriber in bloglines, kind of surprising since the group is several thousand strong.
