Comments on: Truncated Posts in RSS?

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:42:14 +0000

I use live bookmarks for planet mozilla, so I’m not bothered either way

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:43:05 +0000

Using Google Reader to follow Planet Mozilla. I generally prefer full-posts, as long as they’re not excessive - on the order of 5+ pages, that kind of thing. Long technical posts full of diagrams and screenshots probably ought to be truncated, but almost anything else is fine…

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:37:04 +0000

Agree on the full feed. I’m subscribed to the Planet Mozilla feed, and it can be frustrating to lose focus from the main task (trying to go through the Mozilla information avalanche) and move to the browser (I use Thunderbird for my feeds).

By: Max Kanat-Alexander

Max Kanat-Alexander — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:15:58 +0000

Wow! Okay, it sounds like the consensus is full feed! That’s actually my preference too, when reading sites, but I wanted to see what other people thought.

-Max

By: Topher

Topher — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:12:32 +0000

+1 for the full article in the feed. I read all your posts on Planet Mozilla, but this is the first time I’ve ever actually come to your site, to comment.

By: Gabriel Mayrand Chadwick

Gabriel Mayrand Chadwick — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:58:37 +0000

I definitly prefer full size for the feed as I like to be able to read it Google reader.

By: Al Billings

Al Billings — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:57:38 +0000

I don’t generally click through to read the rest of a truncated post from a feed. I figure that if people want me to read it, they’ll give the whole thing in the feed.

By: Shawn Wilsher

Shawn Wilsher — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:50:55 +0000

Honestly - it depends on the title. If I’m really interested, I want to read it right away and not have to click a like to read the whole thing.

By: Frank Burleigh

Frank Burleigh — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:26:24 +0000

This strikes me as a case where I’d hope your “engine” could handle the work for you. For the web site case, I agree with you: I’d want a truncated tease (graf) to the story. But for the feed, I’d want the full-on piece. My feed reader gives me options to see heads only, to truncate, or to show it all your text. I almost never go to a site now, reading’s done almost completely in the feed reader.

By: Stephen Preston

Stephen Preston — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:36 +0000

I don’t mind excerpts, especially for a long post. I usually read my feeds in Google Reader, but I prefer to read the full story on the webpage. Perhaps you could have 2 different feeds, excerpts and full length?

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:53:39 +0000

Definitely the full article. I hate it when only the excerpts are in the feed. I almost never click through to read the rest if they do that.