Comments on: Skype Starts Blogging, Misses Boat With Headline-only RSS Feed http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/ WHARRGARBL!!1! Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:24:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Phil Taylor http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/#comment-255 Phil Taylor Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/#comment-255 I am the bloke who designed those rss feeds, and subject to approval of skype staff we can change them as requested.<BR/><BR/>Hos that for feedback ? I am the bloke who designed those rss feeds, and subject to approval of skype staff we can change them as requested.

Hos that for feedback ?

]]> By: The One True b!X http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/#comment-256 The One True b!X Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/#comment-256 FYI, some people offer excerpt-only feeds because site traffic (meaning attention) is one of the only sure ways of payment for content. (If the content is free, the least people can do is click through to increment the hit counters out there.)<BR/><BR/>Which is not to say that approach is for everyone at all. I'm just saying it's a valid approach for some.<BR/><BR/>Plus, there are sites out there who will repurpose full-text feeds for their own commercial purposes. Your mileage of concern over this may vary. FYI, some people offer excerpt-only feeds because site traffic (meaning attention) is one of the only sure ways of payment for content. (If the content is free, the least people can do is click through to increment the hit counters out there.)

Which is not to say that approach is for everyone at all. I’m just saying it’s a valid approach for some.

Plus, there are sites out there who will repurpose full-text feeds for their own commercial purposes. Your mileage of concern over this may vary.

]]> By: Josh Bancroft http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/#comment-257 Josh Bancroft Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/05/skype-starts-blogging-misses-boat-with-headline-only-rss-feed/#comment-257 Phil, that would be awesome if you could enable full text feeds. Not only would geeks like me appreciate it, but that kind of responsiveness to the community speaks volumes about what kind of company Skype is. :-)<BR/><BR/>b!x, I'm well aware of the reasons people might not want to offer full text feeds. Chris Pirillo is one of the people that I really wish would let go of the idea, but I do understand his reluctance to do so. Phil, that would be awesome if you could enable full text feeds. Not only would geeks like me appreciate it, but that kind of responsiveness to the community speaks volumes about what kind of company Skype is. :-)

b!x, I’m well aware of the reasons people might not want to offer full text feeds. Chris Pirillo is one of the people that I really wish would let go of the idea, but I do understand his reluctance to do so.

]]>