Comments on: Re: Blogging c. 2010

By: millinerd

millinerd — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:40:06 +0000

Good addenda. I suppose one is less inclined to uphold the importance of site design when one needs a site redesign. Things look much nicer over here.

By: Robert Minto

Robert Minto — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:44:22 +0000

I know what you mean, Ched. I’ve been trying to find a way to connect those two platforms for some time.

This might actually help you out: there’s a facebook app that will crosspost all your wordpress blog posts as notes on your facebook page. Just search for wordpress in the apps section.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been equally successful in finding a (workable) plugin that will collect comments from facebook and repost them here on my blog… Still looking… Tell me if you find one.

By: Ched

Ched — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:50:00 +0000

I agree with both points.

Even when I post a link in a platform like Facebook, I would say 80% of the interaction remains in Facebook. Getting a Facebook user who clicks through to a blog post to comment on the blog rather than returning to facebook to log a comment on the “status update” is very difficult.

By: rbrtmnt

rbrtmnt — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:49:35 +0000

Good point about finding RSS feeds.

Soon, you know, we won’t even have to do that. Have you tried the google reader “explore” feature yet? If you have no feeds in your reader, you can browse by topic; and then, when you do have a few blogs, it gives you suggested feeds based on other readers with similar selections.

If that method of feed-finding ever becomes the norm, then I suppose millinerd might actually be onto something… It will be a sad day when site design is no longer appreciated, though.

By: Vru

Vru — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:02:24 +0000

I certainly agree that the rise of RSS feeds makes it more difficult to get comments; I usually read the RSS feed on this site, and this was finally enough to get me (I understand the need for feedback). I also agree that the site design is vital, if not simply because I need to be able to *find* the RSS feed before I will subscribe.