Category Archives: Internet

I choose to publish full text feeds on my site because I like to read blogs on a feed reader (aggregator) and I assume that other people like it too.

Let’s face it, the internet is huge and full of interesting things. There is no time to look at everything. That’s one of the reasons why people use feed readers. It’s a convenient application that allows you to read your favorite sites like a newspaper. You can be having your coffee in the morning and browsing what’s new in your circle of interests, easy!

As a rule I don’t subscribe to blog feeds that don’t publish the whole post. Why? Mainly because my internet attention span is very short. The only exceptions are blogs that have genuine interest to me AND publish a photo and a good part of the post.

A photo is crucial. It’s the hook. If I like the photo I’m likely to click on the article to see the whole post. But this is very rare in sites that don’t publish their full text feed (RSS or Atom). Most of them just let the Content Management System (WordPress, Blogger, etc..) publish an insignificant snippet of their post.

This is a shame because I quit following lots of talented and interesting people just because they cannot compete with all the other talented and interesting people in my “internet newspaper” that publish the whole thing.

I think people do this because they are afraid of republishing without their consent. Also, because they’re not used to use a feed reader.

My advice is, publish your full text feeds. Don’t be afraid to let others enjoy your work in whatever form they prefer. Odds are they love it and they will read it if you let them do it their way.