Comments on: Confessions of a Blogophile.

by: Perrin

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:21:30 +0000

I’m with you on this one. I’ve tried bloglines and keep thinking I’m doing something wrong…there has to be more to this thing. It just doesn’t work well for me. So there I am clicking away 100 times and probably driving some of my favorites site meter’s crazy. Oops.

by: Doris Clark

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:08:52 +0000

I love bloglines to keep me up to date but I click on the site and visit it like that.

Keep smilin!

by: atomic mama

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:46:42 +0000

My feelings about Bloglines are akin to OmegaMom’s. It get the same “new mail” thrill when I see new posts appear in my Bloglines “In Box.” But I almost always click through because I completely understand the need to read posts in the context of their blog setting, as you describe, and to leave and read comments. And, as Jacquie points out, it’s not always technologically reliable.

Of course, you can set your feed to publish only a portion, rather than the whole post, to force people to click through to read the rest…

by: Millicent

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:13:00 +0000

I don’t even know what bloglines is. I figure it must be something that notifies folks when a blog of their liking has been updates. If this is the case, then I must really piss people off because I wrestle with my posts before I consider them ready (getting photos up, etc.) so I might post the same post several times before I’m finished. D’oh. I agree with you wholeheartedly. The ambling approach to blog checking. It’s got more surprises.

by: Aimee

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:13:38 +0000

I agree! I just started using Bloglines not long ago, and I find myself just doing it the “old fashioned way” most of the time, too. I like to read the other comments people leave on interesting posts.

by: walternatives

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:28:22 +0000

I understand your side, completely. And you’re so right - after using bloglines for several months, I HAVE stopped “clicking over,” just read and bolt. I like thinking of you blogsurfing the old fashioned way, like a bird that always returns to her nest. Sorry about the (ahem) and too busy, but know that we so appreciate our trio…Ok, scratch that. I don’t know what the other 64 think, but I adore you three. Really. And I’m grateful.

by: Nicole

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:03:00 +0000

I hate usiong it myself. I totally understand!

by: Jacquie

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:06:52 +0000

And what about the blogs that have new updates but don’t show up on Bloglines for whatever reason? This affects several of the blogs I read and I’m not techno-aware enough to fix it.

by: OmegaMom

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:30:36 +0000

Now, I see Bloglines as akin to the postman. Oh, look! A new entry! And sometimes it’s something I want to comment on, so I mosey on over to the blog and say “Hi!” (Hi!) Like visiting a neighbor after they’ve dropped a note in your mailbox.

Though they definitely lose something without the blogger’s template, and some folks I just have to click over to because their pics don’t show up on Bloglines.