Comments on: Blog Readers Are Lazy, Don’t Make Us Stretch http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/ Kindness, clarity, confidence, compassion. Watchwords for writing on the web. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25092 Joanna Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:12:28 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25092 <b>Rachel</b> the logic is: the teaser will make them come and visit my blog. In reality it doesn't work. Really why people stick with it? I don't know either ;-) <b>Ricardo</b> :-) Rachel the logic is: the teaser will make them come and visit my blog. In reality it doesn’t work. Really why people stick with it? I don’t know either ;-)

Ricardo :-)

]]> By: Ricardo Bueno http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25079 Ricardo Bueno Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:58:13 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25079 I totally agree with you 1,000%!! I totally agree with you 1,000%!!

]]> By: Rachel http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25072 Rachel Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:58:51 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25072 I totally agree on this. Was just thinking about it. Just wonder why they do that? Oh well. I totally agree on this. Was just thinking about it. Just wonder why they do that? Oh well.

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25010 Joanna Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:03:38 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25010 When looking around for a possible solution to Lillie's email feed problem, I found this cartoon. I thought you might all enjoy it. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_partial_text_rss_feeds.php When looking around for a possible solution to Lillie’s email feed problem, I found this cartoon.

I thought you might all enjoy it.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_partial_text_rss_feeds.php

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25009 Joanna Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:02:42 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25009 <b>Karen</b> that would be a time boost indeed - but I'm not sure I would use it... I do like 'visiting' to share comments. But perhaps that practice too would fade if we had the opportunity to do otherwise...? <b>Liz</b> guess so ;-) <b>Diana</b> I don't take your words as a rant at all, and I do understand where you're coming from. However, I think this is just the way that things are. We can all find our own preferred ways of reading (and writing and sharing and commenting) to suit us, but the demand of our readers for ease and simplicity is not going to go away. <b>Lillie</b> glad that <b>Karen</b> was able to offer a solution to the partial email feed - fingers crossed it works. Karen that would be a time boost indeed – but I’m not sure I would use it… I do like ‘visiting’ to share comments. But perhaps that practice too would fade if we had the opportunity to do otherwise…?

Liz guess so ;-)

Diana I don’t take your words as a rant at all, and I do understand where you’re coming from. However, I think this is just the way that things are. We can all find our own preferred ways of reading (and writing and sharing and commenting) to suit us, but the demand of our readers for ease and simplicity is not going to go away.

Lillie glad that Karen was able to offer a solution to the partial email feed – fingers crossed it works.

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25007 Lillie Ammann Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:16:20 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25007 Thanks, Karen. Feedburner didn't have the 2 at the end of the URL, so I've added it. Now we'll have to wait until Friday to see if it works because that's when I post again. I appreciate the help! Thanks, Karen. Feedburner didn’t have the 2 at the end of the URL, so I’ve added it. Now we’ll have to wait until Friday to see if it works because that’s when I post again. I appreciate the help!

]]> By: Karen Swim http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-25006 Karen Swim Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:55:04 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-25006 Lillie - I remember having this issue and I took care of it with a plugin but now you can check your dashboard to make sure it is set to full feed, if so, next step check your feed address to make sure it's RSS2 or RSS 2.0 at the end. If it does not change your feed address and add RSS 2 to the end so it will look like this: http://yoursitename.com/blog/feed/rss2 Lillie – I remember having this issue and I took care of it with a plugin but now you can check your dashboard to make sure it is set to full feed, if so, next step check your feed address to make sure it’s RSS2 or RSS 2.0 at the end. If it does not change your feed address and add RSS 2 to the end so it will look like this: http://yoursitename.com/blog/feed/rss2

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-24999 Lillie Ammann Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:57:46 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-24999 After all my comments about how I hate partial feeds, I realized that e-mail subscribers get partial feeds of my blogs. :-( I have looked and looked in Feedburner to find a way to say I want full feeds but can't find it. Anybody know what I need to do? Thanks! After all my comments about how I hate partial feeds, I realized that e-mail subscribers get partial feeds of my blogs. :-( I have looked and looked in Feedburner to find a way to say I want full feeds but can’t find it. Anybody know what I need to do? Thanks!

]]> By: Karen Swim http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-24998 Karen Swim Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:16:22 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-24998 Joanna, I'd like to add that while you couched this in a very soft, humorous way, usability is a key feature of site design. We are not supposed to make our visitors work hard to access our content. If you're running a locked, subscriber only site, then of course there is a price for admission. Like others have noted I subscribe to hundreds of blogs for my pleasure, business and part of my clients' businesses, feed readers are a saving grace. It should also be noted that the partial feeds are not limited to readers but also email. If you're subscribing by email or reader you have already committed to the site why shouldn't you be able to access the information easily from your choice of reading platform? Finally, it's not just a matter of readers being lucky to have your content or them being "lazy." The blog writer is fortunate to be able to publish and luckier still to have people interested enough to read their material, so it does seem arrogant and counter productive to make your readers work to read what you want them to see. Joanna, I’d like to add that while you couched this in a very soft, humorous way, usability is a key feature of site design. We are not supposed to make our visitors work hard to access our content. If you’re running a locked, subscriber only site, then of course there is a price for admission. Like others have noted I subscribe to hundreds of blogs for my pleasure, business and part of my clients’ businesses, feed readers are a saving grace. It should also be noted that the partial feeds are not limited to readers but also email. If you’re subscribing by email or reader you have already committed to the site why shouldn’t you be able to access the information easily from your choice of reading platform?

Finally, it’s not just a matter of readers being lucky to have your content or them being “lazy.” The blog writer is fortunate to be able to publish and luckier still to have people interested enough to read their material, so it does seem arrogant and counter productive to make your readers work to read what you want them to see.

]]> By: Diana http://confidentwriting.com/2010/07/blog-readers-are-lazy-dont-make-us-stretch/#comment-24996 Diana Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:53:13 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3593#comment-24996 Joanna, I hear what you're saying, but imagine what it feels like for me, growing up with all face-to-face interactions. It feels impersonal to hear so many people say "Don't make me work for it" and "My time is worth more than your info". Listen to how that sounds. I waited at a library counter all my young life to checkout a few delicious bits of reading material — and there was a limit on what I could check out! Young people now have no idea what it was like have to scrounge for inspiration and knowledge. Now you can suck it through a straw 24/7 in one bottomless Big Gulp! (For those of you in the UK, Big Gulp is a gigantic cup of soda pop here in the U.S. — excuse me if you already knew that.) I appreciate your support Joanna, all this time, and I do hope you don't take this as a rant. But I have a reaction to the world saying "Feed me!" with such entitlement. Most young people don't know (and a lot of older people must have forgotten) what it's like not to have FREE access to other people's thoughts, writings and art at your fingertips. It's a gift. And I don't hear any gratitude. Joanna, I hear what you’re saying, but imagine what it feels like for me, growing up with all face-to-face interactions. It feels impersonal to hear so many people say “Don’t make me work for it” and “My time is worth more than your info”. Listen to how that sounds.

I waited at a library counter all my young life to checkout a few delicious bits of reading material — and there was a limit on what I could check out!

Young people now have no idea what it was like have to scrounge for inspiration and knowledge. Now you can suck it through a straw 24/7 in one bottomless Big Gulp! (For those of you in the UK, Big Gulp is a gigantic cup of soda pop here in the U.S. — excuse me if you already knew that.)

I appreciate your support Joanna, all this time, and I do hope you don’t take this as a rant. But I have a reaction to the world saying “Feed me!” with such entitlement. Most young people don’t know (and a lot of older people must have forgotten) what it’s like not to have FREE access to other people’s thoughts, writings and art at your fingertips. It’s a gift. And I don’t hear any gratitude.

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