Date: 03/23/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: spam

PubSub is a tool to push feed items to your desktop. You register at PubSub, identify topics of interest and the news will start coming to your desktop automated and in near real-time. This model shares the same weakness as email. Both push content to your desktop. Email now also pushes spam (around 80% of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/rss-push-model-ex-pubsub-is-not-viable-in-long-run/