The feeds could be there and available - but with a heavily curated front end - and the possibility offered to others to create customised front ends for it.
I always think 'engine' when I see routine formatting errors - because of automation - in search results. This feels like an engine.
I agree about the engine feel though, and - unfortunately - that feel creates a narrative of its own, by implication.
Anyone here got an idea for a good newsletter title?
The issue is that we're all doing this in our free time, also the guys working on the technical side. So we're going to have to wait a while to get out of beta.
Customisation is already possible in terms of language; you can select which languages you want to see displayed. Right now this is only useful for German and French.