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Do you subscribe to any RSS feeds? - 5/15/2008 10:54:13 PM

AAkasha

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If so, which ones and why?
Do you believe many people use them?
I'm taking an informal poll here. I am not much into online marketing but it crosses over into my field and there's so much hype, still, about RSS as a marketing tool. I consider myself fairly web savvy, I use a lot of message boards, but I would never subscribe to an RSS feed. Does anyone use these?

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RE: Do you subscribe to any RSS feeds? - 5/16/2008 4:21:32 AM

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Does it count if I do it via iGoogle? Then I have to answer yes. I haven't the time to forage for everything on my own. So I use gatekeepers like Slashdot, Alternet, Common Dreams, Huffington, BBC, CNN, etc. I've also got the weather, moon phases, local movies, and bullshit like that.

I also use Speed Dial in Opera, to visit sites like CM.

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RE: Do you subscribe to any RSS feeds? - 5/16/2008 6:16:59 AM

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I use RSS for a couple of blog sites I read on a regular basis. Try selling to me over RSS and I'll drop the feed permanently and raise a stink with the site.

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RE: Do you subscribe to any RSS feeds? - 5/17/2008 1:15:30 AM

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I've tried using feeds extensively on occasion, but have found they don't mesh terribly well with the way I use the internet. I tend to find a massive influx of new articles more overwhelming than helpful and, as I actually enjoy browsing most of the sites I frequent, I find the centralization of a reader to be of limited value. That said, I do use feeds for some sites that publish articles infrequently, most of which are blogs. In these cases I appreciate the automated and immediate notification over periodically, and mostly futilely, manually visiting sites to check for updates. Even when the full content is available in the feed, I tend to visit the site to read it rather than staying in the RSS program. So, I use feeds mostly as an alert system. If my email client didn't have integrated feeds, I'm not sure if I'd bother to run a separate program or not.

I do know people who use RSS feeds more extensively, so yes, I believe a fair number of people use them - albeit probably concentrated in circles where tech enthusiasts and information junkies converge. Having information centralized and searchable, with a consistent and customizable interface, has an appeal. I haven't found it to personally save me time in most cases, but I see the greater appeal to those with different organizational styles and browsing patterns.

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RE: Do you subscribe to any RSS feeds? - 5/17/2008 7:35:32 AM

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No, but i'm kinda old-school... i don't blog, i don't listen to podcasts, i don't screw around with delicious or digg or stumble or any of the other oddly punctuated services that all seem to do the same thing... If stuff is coming AT me, it's a burden. If it's just out there for me to take, it's entertainment.

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