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Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2008-01-02T16:11:15+00:00

Comment by NA ( http://people.stfx.ca/x2006/x2006owp )

I like the partial feed, it looks great when I add it to my Google reader and display it on Google IG.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-09-22T13:18:42+01:00

Comment by Kaps ( http://www.urlwebdirectory.com )

Well I prefer partial feeds. As said earlier I also read the title is and a few lines. If I like it I go further.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-09-20T23:20:45+01:00

Comment by David ( http://xeoncross.com )

1) I prefer partial feeds (and partial front page posts for that matter).

But ONLY if the partial feed isn't someones sad attempt at substr($text, 100, 0). I want a REAL intro to the post - not the first 100 chars. If you give me some useless partial intro - then forget it - your just wasting my time.

2) I like to go through lists of topics fast and only "new tab" the links I like. So making me read the WHOLE post in a RSS feed is a bummer. Plus if I open the topics page I will comment if I read the whole post.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-09-18T10:07:54+01:00

Comment by Dave Child ( http://www.addedbytes.com )

Please see the update at the start of the post - full feed is available for the "everything" feed. I'll see how that goes and if it is popular will extend that so all feeds are either full or partial.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-08-27T15:03:31+01:00

Comment by Sam ( )

I highly prefer full feeds. I do not like to get half post, in case the post is interesting, I would like to keep reading without 1 second interruption.

Sam

[Apologies Sam - your comment was flagged as spam and I spotted it was genuine as I hit "delete" - too trigger happy today. At least I noticed before it vanished forever! - Dave]

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-08-27T09:20:55+01:00

Comment by Dave Child ( http://www.addedbytes.com )

Thanks for the the responses! Looks like the issue is pretty divided ...

I've been trying to find a way to offer the choice between full and partial in the same feed but that doesn't seem possible. Which is annoying. Having separate feeds might be the only way to allow people the choice.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-08-22T16:23:33+01:00

Comment by jesus2099 ( http://jesus2099.ions.fr )

1.
I prefer full feeds. I use either feedreader only for feeds I bookmarked, either I don't use it at all and just browse the web.

2.
I just click through if I want to comment. I am more likely to comment a full feed because I'll read it…

3.
I unsubscribe RIGHT AWAY from anything containing ads.

4.
People who want to copy, just copy whatever the mean.

5.
For me full feed is only important only for blogs, including large posts.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-08-19T19:50:23+01:00

Comment by ed ( http://www.blewbmx.com )

It's all about partial feeds for me.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-08-16T21:58:01+01:00

Comment by Phil J Leitch ( http://philleitch.com )

1. Definitely prefer full feeds mainly to keep my reading streamlined. Hardcore NetNewsWire user and I prefer to do all my reading right there with as few clicks as possible. I almost always unsubscribe from partial feeds...unless it is really, really, really good.
2. If I want to commment I'll click through, but I never click through to read a post since about 97% of my feeds are full feeds, no reason to click through.
3. Nope, not at all. Advertise away. I don't even block ads via any software. People need to support what they do. No problem at all with ads. If that is all it takes to get me a full feed then please, hit me with the ads.
5. Yes, please.

Comment on Full Feeds, Partial Feeds and Advertising

2007-08-13T20:36:30+01:00

Comment by Thomas ( http://www.dotcomonomics.com )

Personally, I like the partial. I like to see what the title is and maybe a few lines, if it peaks my interest I'll click through. Extensive posts just clutters what I have to scroll through and to be honest, too many of those and I drop the feed, wastes too much time.

I'm not worried about too much advertising and load times, the majority of us have broadband and I have a heightened sense of "ad-ignoring" anyways...;-)

What I might find interesting would be a tweaked feed that includes the number of comments in the title of the article as well, that way not only does it peak my interest, it offers another reason to click through. If I read the title and the summary and it's not that compelling, but I notice there are 100 comments, I might just be motivated to click through.

Ultimately, there should probably be two options, full and partial for those that like either...too many choices, too many selections...lol. Oh well.