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I still heavily use RSS, but usually unsubscribe from feeds that truncate (unless it is a very long article). It isn't a religious thing - the vast majority of
by _jal 6y ago
I still heavily use RSS, but usually unsubscribe from feeds that truncate (unless it is a very long article).
It isn't a religious thing - the vast majority of the time, the truncation is way too short to properly advertise the content. The mystery doesn't move me to click-through, quite the opposite - it is annoying, so I remove the annoyance.
I understand the tradeoffs for folks who want to be paid via ads, but the utility just isn't there for me - I do not lack for reading options, and if something is really good, it'll find me some other way.
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- Something1234 6y agoI personally truncate the RSS feed for my site, because it's mostly interactive experiences, and I would rather them experience the interaction. I don't have ads on my site though. I've been trying to come up with a good middle ground though.
- leokennis 6y agoI use Feedbin, and read Feedbin on my Mac and iPhone using the Reeder app. Both are able to extract the full text (automatically on a per site basis if wanted) of most sites without issues. I guess they just follow the URL, extract the body text the same way that sites like Instapaper do it, and give that back. Probably more RSS readers can do the same.