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Wednesday, June 1
RSS = Really Sad Story
I was thrilled to see that my hometown newspaper has several weblogs available on its website. As an out-of-towner, what a great way for me to keep up on what's happening of interest in my community.
I know I could just check their website or probably even sign up for an e-mail newsletter, but this is where RSS can be truly powerful. I can pick and choose the blogs that interest me, then add their feed to my aggregator and track them alongside everything else I care about...
...oh wait. All the feeds on the Journal Times weblogs point to the same one - for "Rob on the Road." I filled out the "contact us" form on their website to find out why, and was saddened by the response I received...
The blogs probably just create an RSS feed for the "main" blog, which is currently set to Rob on the Road. To be honest, the RSS feeds are a "side effect" to the blogs. We weren't terribly concerned about them.
Get with the program! You're breaking my heart.
UPDATE: I received another e-mail from the webmaster - "If we get more feedback about it, we may look into it more but you're the first person to ever speak up about it so it's not a priority..."
In case you care to nudge them in the right direction, the contact form is here.
posted by Brad at 6/01/2005 09:48:00 AM | permalink |
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