Comments on: Full Feed Petition http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/ Thoughts on software development and related, by Abhijit Nadgouda Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:39:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Facing Content Theft | iface thoughts http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-204672 Facing Content Theft | iface thoughts Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:56:23 +0000 http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/#comment-204672 [...] solution is to start giving out partial feeds. But there are two problems with it - I myself like full feeds a lot, and secondly I am sure a lot of my readers too. So, this solution will lead to punishing [...] [...] solution is to start giving out partial feeds. But there are two problems with it – I myself like full feeds a lot, and secondly I am sure a lot of my readers too. So, this solution will lead to punishing [...]

]]> By: Partial Feeds v/s Full Feeds | iface thoughts http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-90459 Partial Feeds v/s Full Feeds | iface thoughts Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:41:11 +0000 http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/#comment-90459 [...] if using the feed reader gets inconvenient because of it. This blog provides full feeds and will continue to do so. I love full feeds from either side of the table. What do you think? Do you provide full [...] [...] if using the feed reader gets inconvenient because of it. This blog provides full feeds and will continue to do so. I love full feeds from either side of the table. What do you think? Do you provide full [...]

]]> By: Abhijit Nadgouda http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Abhijit Nadgouda Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:03:37 +0000 http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/#comment-785 Hi Lorelle, Yes, I remember reading a series of articles by you on your fight with splogging, and somewhere in between switching to excerpts. I think good content will never be affected by partial or full feeds. I think it affects the reader the most, especially when using portables like PDAs. My support for full feeds is from the perspective of giving a choice to the reader. I agree that full feeds can cause problems, but I think we should keep looking for a solution that does not hurt the good reader. Hi Lorelle,

Yes, I remember reading a series of articles by you on your fight with splogging, and somewhere in between switching to excerpts. I think good content will never be affected by partial or full feeds. I think it affects the reader the most, especially when using portables like PDAs. My support for full feeds is from the perspective of giving a choice to the reader.

I agree that full feeds can cause problems, but I think we should keep looking for a solution that does not hurt the good reader.

]]> By: Lorelle http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Lorelle Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:46:08 +0000 http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/03/full-feed-petition/#comment-784 I won't sign it. I don't like being restricted to only one choice. Some like the tease. I have used full feeds for years but a recent rash of time consuming splogs and content theft made me want to try an experiment with excerpts. While some like it and some don't, my feed traffic and blog traffic have continually kept rising, so I don't see any loss since I switched. Besides, I tend to write long technical articles that just don't appeal to everyone, so why should my 6 page full article clutter up their feed reader when they can get the taste and click to read if they are interested? BBC, NPR, NY Times, and many news and popular media sites also use only excerpts in their feeds. I don't see people screaming at them. You don't always need to read everything, just get a glimpse at what is on the menu and then click when you want more information. For journal, columnist bloggers, this might not apply since they rattle on in an effort to make their storytelling point. For technical or informational bloggers, feed excerpts are a choice. They don't stop sploggers, but they do help make it a little more difficult. I have several jerks I'm battling with using my partial feeds on their splogs. I won’t sign it. I don’t like being restricted to only one choice. Some like the tease. I have used full feeds for years but a recent rash of time consuming splogs and content theft made me want to try an experiment with excerpts. While some like it and some don’t, my feed traffic and blog traffic have continually kept rising, so I don’t see any loss since I switched. Besides, I tend to write long technical articles that just don’t appeal to everyone, so why should my 6 page full article clutter up their feed reader when they can get the taste and click to read if they are interested?

BBC, NPR, NY Times, and many news and popular media sites also use only excerpts in their feeds. I don’t see people screaming at them. You don’t always need to read everything, just get a glimpse at what is on the menu and then click when you want more information.

For journal, columnist bloggers, this might not apply since they rattle on in an effort to make their storytelling point. For technical or informational bloggers, feed excerpts are a choice.

They don’t stop sploggers, but they do help make it a little more difficult. I have several jerks I’m battling with using my partial feeds on their splogs.

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