RSS Widget madness

So maybe I am alone in this but it seems to me that the idea of a LifeHacker Konfabulator Widget to grab thier rss feed is contrary to the idea of both life hacks and RSS. The beauty of RSS is that it lends itself so well to the aggregation of content. So why on earth would I want to give up precious desk space to an rss feeder for 1 site. A quick search of the Yahoo's Widget Gallery shows scores of these site specifc RSS Widgets. I suppose ths is just a marketing tool to cultivater dedicted readers but it just seems that anyone who reads a site like Lifehacker on a regular basis is unlikely to see this as a good idea.

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