I think the difference between k-Collector and an RSS reader was that there was a public feed for every topic.
As described, k-Collector seems to be solving a subset of the problem space that delic.io.us did. kConnect presents feeds of different blogs grouped by tag, while delic.io.us did the same, but for all websites, not just blog posts. What am I missing?
It sounds like a really interesting experiment, is why I'm so interested. Are you sure it can't be revived?