Jim McGee asks for full text RSS feeds. I’m joining.
Here is my list of weblogs I wish I could read in full text: Blog de Halavais – Mopsos – Knowledge-at-work – Intellectual Capital Punishment – Knowledge Bridge – jill/txt – Ross Mayfield’s Weblog – Many-to-Many – Internet Time Blog – misbehaving.net – Column Two – mamamusings.net
[Update: some of these blogs provide full-text RSS, but I can't see it because of Radio news aggregator bug]
How to do it:
- full text RSS in Movable Type
- TypePad (don’t know if it works in Basic version, but it works in Plus and Pro): go to your weblog > select Configure > select Publicity & Syndication > scroll down > select “Yes, syndicate the entire post” > save changes
If you need a justification, please read this conversation:
I think for many of us the goal is to get our thoughts *written*–the being read is a secondary bonus. :)
The real problem with full-text feeds, I think, is that they make it more likely that comments–which I think are a critical part of many weblog entries–will be missed. :(
Dave:
When you don’t provide full-text so that folks will come and see the comments, you are deciding for them how they should use the feed. Why not just not have a feed, then you are guaranteed anyone reading your entries is doing it by the web interface. What if the user has no interest in the comments, even if you think they are the best parts? I don’t like deciding for my readers what is of value to them. That’s their call.
Tags: blog reading, RSSArchived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2003/11/18.html#a840; comments are here.
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