Comments on: Come and sit at my table - RSS and serendipity http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/ online journalism, newspaper video and digital media Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: albert http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/#comment-3360 albert Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/#comment-3360 I can't speak for everyone, but in my RSS feed reader I nearly always will click to go and read the article on the actual site, for more or less exactly the reasons you listed. I want to see if there's some other media embedded in it, or something interesting in the blogroll, or if the site has a nice design. If newspapers are doing their sites right, there should plenty of reasons for users to visit the actual site and not just read the feed. I can’t speak for everyone, but in my RSS feed reader I nearly always will click to go and read the article on the actual site, for more or less exactly the reasons you listed.

I want to see if there’s some other media embedded in it, or something interesting in the blogroll, or if the site has a nice design.

If newspapers are doing their sites right, there should plenty of reasons for users to visit the actual site and not just read the feed.

]]> By: Cliff Etzel http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/#comment-3357 Cliff Etzel Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:21:23 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/#comment-3357 Andy - I have you rfeed on my Google home page and had an idea. One of my sites RSS feeds - <a href="http://www.immersivevj.com/" rel="nofollow">ImmersiveVJ.com</a> is setup so that by using the tag in each post, there is the section above that break that is more of a teaser to the whole blog posting within the RSS feed. Ever thought about using that? Not sure where you were going with this posting, but I prefer visiting the actual posting on the site if it interests me - hence the teaser first few sentences. Andy - I have you rfeed on my Google home page and had an idea.

One of my sites RSS feeds - ImmersiveVJ.com is setup so that by using the tag in each post, there is the section above that break that is more of a teaser to the whole blog posting within the RSS feed. Ever thought about using that?

Not sure where you were going with this posting, but I prefer visiting the actual posting on the site if it interests me - hence the teaser first few sentences.

]]> By: JohnofScribbleSheet http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/#comment-3355 JohnofScribbleSheet Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:26:12 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/02/29/come-and-sit-at-my-table-rss-and-serendipity/#comment-3355 I think you do loose something by just reading RSS feeds. For those of us who dont live on the net, at least you can still enjoy the sight of a beautiful site. I think you do loose something by just reading RSS feeds. For those of us who dont live on the net, at least you can still enjoy the sight of a beautiful site.

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