Syndication Changes (Or Not)
Since we’ve brought our new authors on board, you may have noticed some changes in the posts coming through your favorite feed reader. We’re updating more regularly, and the average post length is growing like a rogue Trapper Keeper.
In order to keep the RSS and Livejournal feeds from turning into a screen-killing torrent of word doom, we’re going to switch to syndicating summaries of the entries. You’ll have to click through to the site if you want to read the full-size posts.
Unless there’s a big a uproar, in which case we’ll think of something else.
EDIT: Okay, I lived with it for a few hours, and I can’t stand the arbitrary way the post summaries just cut off in mid-sentence. I’m going back to including the full text in the feed. I am giddy with my minuscule power.
As always, thanks for reading.
EDIT: And for putting up with my indecisiveness. Indecision. Nondecisionariness.
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*sigh* I wasn’t minding the length coming through to Livejournal. But I know it irks some people. Personally, I’d favor keeping the feel full length and provide an alternate feed set to summaries for those who prefer the (arbitrarily?) truncated posts.
What I’d really really really appreciate is having the author’s name included with the feed content. So frustrating reading a feed that was associated with an author and then suddenly starts having new voices that I can’t tell apart.
Thanks for considering it.
The summary or full feed option is an interesting idea. I’ll look into trying to include the author’s name in the feed, but I’m crap at code, so if it’s hard, it probably won’t happen. Thanks for the feedback.
We could give ourselves a quick byline in each post until that time. . .
It looks like the problem is with Livejournal, not with us. The Feedburner and the source RSS both include the name of the author. For some reason, it doesn’t show up on Livejournal. I’m still pondering.
So Warren Ellis is right about LiveJournal being run on pipes and rubber bands.
Yeah, pretty much. I think there may be some chewing gum and twine involved.