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My blog (http://www.maximise.dk/blog http://www.maximise.dk/blog) uses blogger, but they can't tell me how many RSS subscribers I have. By asking Google I found

by mixmax 18y ago

My blog (http://www.maximise.dk/blog http://www.maximise.dk/blog) uses blogger, but they can't tell me how many RSS subscribers I have. By asking Google I found out that I could get this number by redirecting my feed to feedburner and back, and let them count it. I never figured out how to do it. There were two problems involved for me: 1) I couldn't tell whether it worked or not before I posted something on the blog, thus sending a feed out in the ether. 2) I didn't try very hard. I don't know that much about RSS feeds and how they work, and frankly I don't care either. I just want it to work. A straight and simple approach that doesn't require me to have any prior knowledge would work wonders. I think there are many people like me that have a blog, but don't really have the time or expertise to get acquainted with how feeds work and what you can do with them. Btw: I love this: Can statzen handle a very high traffic blog? We think so. Maybe. Hopefully. [write me] Hope you didn't post it anywhere else than HN where people will understand that this is pre-launch :-)

jaxn 18y ago
Max, I know what you are saying is 110% true. RSS works best when it just works and people don't need to know "how". We are trying to make the feed integration part as easy as we can for each specific scenario. Some people want to know how it works, so how would this work for you... Simple step-by-step instructions that have no clutter to sift through, but a "?" link at each step for people who may want more information. Would that have reduced the barrier to installation? And yes, this is only posted here. I am glad you got a kick out of my placeholder copy :)
- mixmax 18y ago
  Yes - depending on how well it's executed of course ;-) I'm currently thinking about the exact same thing, links to small help-boxes scattered around the place where users might have trouble, for my own project.

by mixmax 18y ago

jaxn 18y ago

Max, I know what you are saying is 110% true. RSS works best when it just works and people don't need to know "how". We are trying to make the feed integration part as easy as we can for each specific scenario. Some people want to know how it works, so how would this work for you... Simple step-by-step instructions that have no clutter to sift through, but a "?" link at each step for people who may want more information. Would that have reduced the barrier to installation? And yes, this is only posted here. I am glad you got a kick out of my placeholder copy :)

mixmax 18y ago
Yes - depending on how well it's executed of course ;-) I'm currently thinking about the exact same thing, links to small help-boxes scattered around the place where users might have trouble, for my own project.