Incomplete descriptions?
I've been removing and blocking blogs on Planet Grep that don't contain their complete articles in their RSS feed, because I feel that a planet should read as a newspaper; having only teasers to follow makes that problematic. I find that having to open a different website each time you get to a different article distracts you from actually reading the blog entries on the planet, which isn't very nice; and since the RSS feed can contain the entire article, why not?
However, it appears that a number of people disagree with that opinion, so I'm hereby requesting opionions.
If you feel that Planet Grep should continue to contain only feeds with full articles (as opposed to feeds with a "read more" type of link), please leave a comment on this article in my blog.
Likewise, if you feel that Planet Grep should not try to be holier than thou and that more people on planet is more important than being able to read an article in its entirety on the planet, then please leave a comment on this article in my blog.
Thanks,
doesn't matter since i only read the full articles.
paul
Please display only feeds with full articles on Planet Grep. I hate it when I have to open another tab/window/whatever to read the rest of the blog entry. I do not like to use my browser's Back button more than necessary.
What is even worse are articles where it is not obvious that some part is missing...
+1 from me on the complete feed policy...
One important argument against incomplete feeds is that they make off-line reading difficult/impossible, but even when reading on-line they break the "workflow" in many feed reader clients.
I agree on why full articles are better. I even do not see any reason why you would not give full articles in rss. Maybe it's nice not to put full articles on your own front page, who knows, but a good CMS lets you pick a different choice for different pages.
On the other hand, a lot of god stuff is written by people not realising why full articles are better. Maybe they even don't know what the fuzz is all about. Try to convince the to give full feeds. But if their feed is interesting enough, don't be too harsh?
Some people want their readers to click through to their own website. Add stuff and so. I don't believe it's worth that though.