What is the payoff feed readers?

skysidhe · 12-28-2008, 04:00 PM

Except the obvious?

When gathering information I suppose it makes sense but when posting information one does not automatically know another can subscribe to your feed. I didn't anyway.

If I want to visit a site I like to visit the whole site to get the whole interactive experience. I don't know why one person would want to subscribe to someones post feed unless they were a moderator.

So what are the benefits of subscribing to webpages rather than actually logging in or viewing a url directly?

I have become acutely aware of the little orange icon in my address box these days.

Elspode · 12-28-2008, 07:04 PM

Its useful if you want to be aware of updates somewhere even when you aren't logged in to a given site?

Aliantha · 12-28-2008, 07:26 PM

If you subscribe to a thread you know when someone's posted so then you can log in to view it.

12-28-2008, 04:00 PM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	What is the payoff feed readers? Except the obvious? When gathering information I suppose it makes sense but when posting information one does not automatically know another can subscribe to your feed. I didn't anyway. If I want to visit a site I like to visit the whole site to get the whole interactive experience. I don't know why one person would want to subscribe to someones post feed unless they were a moderator. So what are the benefits of subscribing to webpages rather than actually logging in or viewing a url directly? I have become acutely aware of the little orange icon in my address box these days.

12-28-2008, 07:04 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Its useful if you want to be aware of updates somewhere even when you aren't logged in to a given site? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-28-2008, 07:26 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	If you subscribe to a thread you know when someone's posted so then you can log in to view it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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