Comments on: Why I Give Full Articles in My Feed http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/ A Good Christian Raisin' and a Eighth Grade Education Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:24:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sadcox http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2922 sadcox Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:37:05 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2922 @GregCompton First, thanks for reading. Second, thanks for commenting! I think partial feeds have their place. For instance, George Will's column in the Washington Post is partial, but that guy is a tremendous writer. The first couple of sentences are just to let me know what he's talking about, but I KNOW I'm going to read some top notch content if I click through just because he wrote it. For us regular guys, we need all the help we can get. @GregCompton First, thanks for reading. Second, thanks for commenting! I think partial feeds have their place. For instance, George Will’s column in the Washington Post is partial, but that guy is a tremendous writer. The first couple of sentences are just to let me know what he’s talking about, but I KNOW I’m going to read some top notch content if I click through just because he wrote it.

For us regular guys, we need all the help we can get.

]]> By: Greg Compton http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2917 Greg Compton Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:10:18 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2917 True, true, true. And you haven't yet even brought up the argument that a whole feed will entice readers to continue to subscribe, even if the blogger gets into a slump. I can't begin to count the number of partial feeds I have unsubscribed because I didn't feel that the trouble of clicking through to the full post (all 2 seconds of page load time) wasn't rewarded by quality writing. I'll give a partial feed blogger the benefit of the doubt for about 2 weeks before I unsubscribe. Whereas, a full feed blogger might stay in my list indefinitely, just in case another good post comes along. With hundreds (sometimes thousands) of posts a day coming through my reader, what it comes down to is this. A good headline = I'll read the first 2-3 sentences. If there is some value in those sentences, I ALWAYS scan the rest of the full feed, but only click through to the partial feeds site if those 2-3 sentences are extremely interesting. Yeah, it's a double standard, but I don't have time to click through for crap. I'll conclude with this. I find a lot of value in the content of this blog. Yes, I subscribe to it in a reader, but I didn't read this post in the reader (at this time the post is 5 months old). I clicked through from a recent full-feed post and subsequently stumbled upon this one. Oh yeah, and I am also participating by leaving this comment. Sadcox, you seem to be onto something. True, true, true. And you haven’t yet even brought up the argument that a whole feed will entice readers to continue to subscribe, even if the blogger gets into a slump.

I can’t begin to count the number of partial feeds I have unsubscribed because I didn’t feel that the trouble of clicking through to the full post (all 2 seconds of page load time) wasn’t rewarded by quality writing. I’ll give a partial feed blogger the benefit of the doubt for about 2 weeks before I unsubscribe. Whereas, a full feed blogger might stay in my list indefinitely, just in case another good post comes along.

With hundreds (sometimes thousands) of posts a day coming through my reader, what it comes down to is this. A good headline = I’ll read the first 2-3 sentences. If there is some value in those sentences, I ALWAYS scan the rest of the full feed, but only click through to the partial feeds site if those 2-3 sentences are extremely interesting. Yeah, it’s a double standard, but I don’t have time to click through for crap.

I’ll conclude with this. I find a lot of value in the content of this blog. Yes, I subscribe to it in a reader, but I didn’t read this post in the reader (at this time the post is 5 months old). I clicked through from a recent full-feed post and subsequently stumbled upon this one. Oh yeah, and I am also participating by leaving this comment.

Sadcox, you seem to be onto something.

]]> By: Zombie Propoganda Film « Newscoma http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 Zombie Propoganda Film « Newscoma Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:43:41 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2482 [...] Sadcox, please notice my feed. It’s open and free in your reader. [...] [...] Sadcox, please notice my feed. It’s open and free in your reader. [...]

]]> By: aditech http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 aditech Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:09:51 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2391 Nice article... I also agree with you Partial feeds are as good as no feeds itself.. Nice article…
I also agree with you
Partial feeds are as good as no feeds itself..

]]> By: Hungry Mother http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Hungry Mother Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:33:17 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2317 I'm so old fashioned. I just click over to you from my bloglist. I’m so old fashioned. I just click over to you from my bloglist.

]]> By: sadcox http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 sadcox Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:19:01 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2315 Thanks Coma! I have to ask...did you read this on the site, or in your reader? ;) Thanks Coma! I have to ask…did you read this on the site, or in your reader?
;)

]]> By: newscoma http://www.itfrom.us/2008/03/why-i-give-full-articles-in-my-feed/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 newscoma Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:17:24 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/?p=594#comment-2314 You know, I dig your site. I always learn new stuff over here. Just saying. ;) You know, I dig your site. I always learn new stuff over here.

Just saying. ;)

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