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Flag bad feeds instead of deleting them

I'm not deleting them out of the index. The index really doesn't ever delete anything.

Episode 257: Slop Factory (episode page, opens in a new tab) April 17, 2026, 2:22 p.m. CT 00:55:54 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Responding to criticism that blocking feeds lessens the value of the Index (a fair point), Dave explains that the Index really never deletes anything except things that aren't podcasts at all. Spam and slop just get a 'dead' flag with a reason, so the full data is still there and could be exported, with reasons, for research or model training.