So i see how you would initially think that this sounds useful however, how would this really work? It makes a little more sense now that we dont have threaded comments (RIP) but as i see it there are two options
one big rss feed for all comments - this could be confusing as you would only have the new comments rolling down the feed and not the original post. it might be harder to keep which comment goes to which post strait
feed per topic - would clear up the post which comment to which post issue but there would be a bunch of feeds to manage.
anyother ideas on how to display this?
rss is cool but it isn’t a robust format. If you take a look at the Recent Posts RSS you can see that it is updating the order of posts as they get new comments; sadly though RSS readers disregard this information and only look at the original publish date
I think I’m like most… I go to the recent activity tab… and jump into the new fresh discussions.
I suggest we ‘teach’ people in real time how to utilize the RSS feeds / Recent Activity tabs / etc. perhaps on Oct. 7th… or in the weeks following that.
Having the site live and projected in the room at Pioneer is going to be so valuable to teach by demonstration. We will need to slowly educate / teach people.
Have several computers with people ready to help others learn how to log on… etc.
Still amazed at a few who say they “can’t figure this out” - If I can… they can!
But as long as they “believe” it’s too complicated… they will stay away. Our job… make it sound easy, seem easy, look easy, and taste easy. :)
The closest thing I can think of would be a feed per forum topic (not per post, but the category/topic). That way you can filter by interest but still know when there are new conversations added.
Tom, are you saying to have every comment with the post each time it is updated? some of these threads a really long/ and compared to a blog there are a lot more parallel conversations going on..
Well then let’s say the most recent 5 or 10 comments. I have some blog feeds that do that and in reality it’s not that much text… in the RSS reader I mostly skim and then open it up in the browser if I want to go back further.
-T
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What if we’re just figments of God’s imagination?
RSS and comments are sticky
So i see how you would initially think that this sounds useful however, how would this really work? It makes a little more sense now that we dont have threaded comments (RIP) but as i see it there are two options
anyother ideas on how to display this?
rss is cool but it isn’t a robust format. If you take a look at the Recent Posts RSS you can see that it is updating the order of posts as they get new comments; sadly though RSS readers disregard this information and only look at the original publish date
The Recent Activity Tab
I think I’m like most… I go to the recent activity tab… and jump into the new fresh discussions.
I suggest we ‘teach’ people in real time how to utilize the RSS feeds / Recent Activity tabs / etc. perhaps on Oct. 7th… or in the weeks following that.
Having the site live and projected in the room at Pioneer is going to be so valuable to teach by demonstration. We will need to slowly educate / teach people.
Have several computers with people ready to help others learn how to log on… etc.
Still amazed at a few who say they “can’t figure this out” - If I can… they can!
But as long as they “believe” it’s too complicated… they will stay away. Our job… make it sound easy, seem easy, look easy, and taste easy. :)
Maybe feed per forum topic?
I agree that one big feed would be confusing..
The closest thing I can think of would be a feed per forum topic (not per post, but the category/topic). That way you can filter by interest but still know when there are new conversations added.
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I’d like a feed that has the top 10 most recently updated topics with comments, similar to blogs (show the most recent posts AND comments.)
-T
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What if we’re just figments of God’s imagination?
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Tom, are you saying to have every comment with the post each time it is updated? some of these threads a really long/ and compared to a blog there are a lot more parallel conversations going on..
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Well then let’s say the most recent 5 or 10 comments. I have some blog feeds that do that and in reality it’s not that much text… in the RSS reader I mostly skim and then open it up in the browser if I want to go back further.
-T
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What if we’re just figments of God’s imagination?