Comments on: Does RSS matter to you? http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/ My place for postwhoring, practice, and random stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:02:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Selene http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1534 Selene Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:14:45 +0000 http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1534 I personally never use it. I hate how people shove it in your face it makes you sure not to ever sign up for it. I personally never use it. I hate how people shove it in your face it makes you sure not to ever sign up for it.

]]> By: Claire http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1533 Claire Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:21:14 +0000 http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1533 Well i am a lazy bugger and I subscribe to feeds of all my favourite bloggers, so i can read their latest posts in one place at my leisure. I use google reader. I like to call it feed lurking :) But I don't have a click on RSS thingie on my blog, if they want it they can find it :) Well i am a lazy bugger and I subscribe to feeds of all my favourite bloggers, so i can read their latest posts in one place at my leisure. I use google reader.

I like to call it feed lurking :)

But I don’t have a click on RSS thingie on my blog, if they want it they can find it :)

]]> By: Tokio http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1523 Tokio Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:53:34 +0000 http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1523 Well, for <b>readers</b> I think it can be very useful. If you read a lot of blogs, then yeah, use it. It makes it all easy to keep up with. But for <b>bloggers</b> I'm not sure why they shove RSS in your face so much. Readers should subscribe because they WANT to, not because some blogger is trying to shove RSS down their throat. Like, what's the point of doing contests where you make the visitors subscribe to your RSS in order to win? I've seen those many times. Those visitors aren't subscribing because they care about the blog, they're subscribing to win. And I think that gives the blogger a false representation of how many people read a blog. They might have 400 people subscribed, but most of them might have only signed up to win. I just don't see the point in bloggers pushing RSS all the time. People will subscribe if they want to. I don't need a million banners and buttons telling me too. Sometimes it just feels like people use RSS as a popularity contest. <i>Subscribe to me so that I look important!</i> I'm not saying it's not important at all, I just don't need every blog trying to get me to subscribe by using huge icons and stuff. If I want to subscribe, then I will. Well, for readers I think it can be very useful. If you read a lot of blogs, then yeah, use it. It makes it all easy to keep up with.

But for bloggers I’m not sure why they shove RSS in your face so much. Readers should subscribe because they WANT to, not because some blogger is trying to shove RSS down their throat.

Like, what’s the point of doing contests where you make the visitors subscribe to your RSS in order to win? I’ve seen those many times. Those visitors aren’t subscribing because they care about the blog, they’re subscribing to win.

And I think that gives the blogger a false representation of how many people read a blog. They might have 400 people subscribed, but most of them might have only signed up to win.

I just don’t see the point in bloggers pushing RSS all the time. People will subscribe if they want to. I don’t need a million banners and buttons telling me too.

Sometimes it just feels like people use RSS as a popularity contest.

Subscribe to me so that I look important!

I’m not saying it’s not important at all, I just don’t need every blog trying to get me to subscribe by using huge icons and stuff. If I want to subscribe, then I will.

]]> By: Gordon Swaby http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1522 Gordon Swaby Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:25:19 +0000 http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1522 RSS is crucial for me, now if i wasn’t subscribed to yours rss feed, then i wouldn’t know that you had a new post, and usually when people subscribe to your RSS feed then that sorta signifies that there interested in your blog and more than often they read your posts. Now let’s say i read 10-15 blogs, your telling me i should visit each one to check for updates, nonsence, with rss i just subscribe to all these blogs rss feed and if there is a new post on anyone, then it will show up in my rss reader, now you being the one who is not subscribed would have to check each blog for updates, which can take 10-15 minutes, which basically takes mere seconds for me, but if you only read 2 blogs, it makes no sence using an rss feed. Right now i’m subscribed to 43 blogs, so without rss, how would i keep on top of posts?, check all 43 of them, everyday?. What you should tell me is, how many blogs/websites do you read, and if so how do you keep up to date on the updates? P.S sorry i had to post twice, the link for my blog was wrong in the first one. delete it for me(the first one) RSS is crucial for me, now if i wasn’t subscribed to yours rss feed, then i wouldn’t know that you had a new post, and usually when people subscribe to your RSS feed then that sorta signifies that there interested in your blog and more than often they read your posts.

Now let’s say i read 10-15 blogs, your telling me i should visit each one to check for updates, nonsence, with rss i just subscribe to all these blogs rss feed and if there is a new post on anyone, then it will show up in my rss reader, now you being the one who is not subscribed would have to check each blog for updates, which can take 10-15 minutes, which basically takes mere seconds for me, but if you only read 2 blogs, it makes no sence using an rss feed. Right now i’m subscribed to 43 blogs, so without rss, how would i keep on top of posts?, check all 43 of them, everyday?. What you should tell me is, how many blogs/websites do you read, and if so how do you keep up to date on the updates?

P.S sorry i had to post twice, the link for my blog was wrong in the first one. delete it for me(the first one)

]]> By: mikster http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1520 mikster Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:39 +0000 http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1520 I don't use or care about it myself. I visit blogs the old fashioned way I guess. I don’t use or care about it myself. I visit blogs the old fashioned way I guess.

]]> By: Jamaipanese http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1519 Jamaipanese Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:59:12 +0000 http://www.baka-koneko.com/blog/2008/01/13/does-rss-matter-to-you/#comment-1519 somewhere in between for me. It's not super important but having RSS subscribers especially if they are not acquired through, contest and/or giveaways kinda makes you know our entries will certainly be read by a certain amount of people. somewhere in between for me. It’s not super important but having RSS subscribers especially if they are not acquired through, contest and/or giveaways kinda makes you know our entries will certainly be read by a certain amount of people.

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