Last year, we explained why full text RSS feeds make sense You can read the whole thing, but the short version is that it makes it easier to read, and that means more people actually read the full stories and are willing to discuss them, share them and get others interested in reading as well It just makes the reading experience that much better We've always had full text RSS feeds, and we're not about to change that However, it appears that Google may be punishing sites that have full text feeds