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I've tried a number of times to use RSS regularly. As a user, that is. I always end up deciding I don't like it. And I usually try again because I keep thinking I ought to like it; a short "feed" that alerts me to some new posting somewhere seems like a useful idea.
I think it might be the brevity. Feeds are often headlines of a sort, and good headlines are very difficult to write. I prefer the long version of most things; I'd rather get the whole picture. Or maybe I just have too much time to waste!
I do wonder, though, if my dissatisfaction with feeds is unique or whether there are other Feed Abandoners out there. Maybe we should start a support group.
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I also never "got" feeds until I found a great feed reader application. In Nokia we use FeedReader, which is open source, and very nice (Pete, download it from sysman). On Mac I now use NetNewsWire which is similar to FeedReader, and lets me accumulate interesting sources, and when I have some time to flip through the posts quickly.
Posted by: Franklin Davis | July 6, 2007 11:47 AMI know what you are talking about. I too keep returning to feeds thinking that since "everybody" uses them I must be missing out on something, but I'm always disapointed.
Posted by: www.gsmblog.net author | July 5, 2007 07:06 AMI have however found one single use for newsfeeds: I have widsets on my cell phone so when I'm on the balcony taking in a couple of very sinful puffs of nicotine I fire it up, and bookmark articles I might be interested in reading later. It's basically just somthing to keep me occupied while I'm smoking.
Yep, I also unsubscribe from feeds that clip or just give headlines. I have to really, really care to follow a link through, and a feed that leaves me wondering is no use at all. Just too much hassle -- it defeats the whole purpose (to me) of RSS!
Sarah
Posted by: Sarah Lipman | July 1, 2007 03:22 AMYup, partial feeds are annoying, since they add extra work in the form of clicking to a website and waiting for it to load...
BTW, this is one reason why I don't like to use the mobile feed readers: it seems as if all feed readers are happy to show the headlines only, whereas online services show it all. Accessing Bloglines Mobile through 3G offers a better experience for me than using a built-in RSS reader.
Posted by: Janne | June 30, 2007 04:18 AMI am not a fan of partial feeds. In fact, I regularly unsubscribe from sites that don't provide full feeds, or at least do their partial feeds intelligently.
Posted by: PhoneBoyI am quite satisfied with feeds because I can read everything related to my interests from within one place only.
Posted by: Antony Pranata | June 29, 2007 03:37 PMThe challenge to me is how to "filter" the information. Same as Ricky, I have over 100 feeds to read everyday.
I think it depends on what you expect out of RSS. Personally, I used to have 10-15 sites that I pulled up every time I launched my browser. With RSS, I don't have to do that. I can get all their new stuff fed to me.
And that list has grown. I'm sitting over 125 feeds right now. Alot of it is crap, but there's nuggets here and there, and RSS makes it easy to get it without wasting time.
Also, there's a difference, and it's the site author's choice as to whether to publish full feeds or partial.
Posted by: Ricky Cadden | June 29, 2007 01:42 PM