You no full-feedee? Me no subscribee!

My name is Gordon and I have a confession. I’m a compulsive subscriber to RSS feeds. I read too many blogs. Too many blogs that cover the same subject matter. To feed my habit I use Google Reader. Google Reader collects and collates all the content from all those blogs to which I subscribe. It’s easy to use – a bit too easy.

I used to subscribe to 360 blogs. I’m recovering now. My subscription count is down to 202. It’s better. I almost have the time to read the material from those 202 RSS feeds.

I have a quirk, though. It you only publish a partial-content RSS feed in the hope of making me click through to your actual blog to read the rest of the article, then – FAIL! I don’t do partial feeds. If you think you need me to click through so that I’ll see the advertising that you have on your blog to generate income, then – FAIL! You don’t need me to go to the blog – if you really must, you can insert advertisements (eg Google ads) into the RSS feed.

The only time I visit a blog in person is if it’s a click-through from another blog (via Google Reader, of course), or from Twitter (for example). If I like what I see, I might subscribe – if it’s a full feed.