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By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:48:41 +0000

Michael, that’s the idea, but just up one level. It is a metafeed of what a blogger reads (in my case). So if I read something that has a useful/interesting perspective, I hope to note it after reading. It’s like a pitch, so maybe someone else might read it. Not saying that I won’t comment as well, but sometimes we don’t have responses in conversation with the author, so I’ve coded a pingback that can notify them.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:57:09 +0000

This is just my two cents, but I simply comment on the post I’ve read. :S

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:30 +0000

Valid argument, I think it has to do with style. There is a line in which these notes I speak of, or Author’s posts, could be better as a comment “in the conversation.” It’s tough to judge, but I think it will ultimately take adjusting.

I’m not saying abandon the blogroll for a few feeds of individuals blog-lenses, at least not yet. In a way, these notes are more like micro sales-pitches on why the entry should be noted (good or bad); it’s highly subjective. So meta, it hurts.

There is no reason to avoid the comment, but I will look into a system which enables a pingback to the content, when a note is made. My initial thought was that these meta-feeds could stand as their own gateway to an array of blogs, for those who do not actually subscribe or read those blogs. Feed aggregators do just this, but without the human filtering/bias/opinion and they accumulate every feed by default.

By: omo

omo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:11:33 +0000

To pick on Author for a bit; I too subscribe to his blog but maybe 1 out of 10 posts I find his note + entry relevant to the degree that validates the notes bit, as a way to put different entries together. About 5 out of 10 times I will read or have read the same blog entries he makes a note of regardless if I read his notes. Maybe 2 or 3 out of 10 times he refers to a blog I don’t keep track of and I read it, but it’s only because I’ve never heard of that blog before. 1 out of 20 or 30 times is when he covers a blog I would see from a feed listing but I didn’t bother to click on it and get at least the microcontent beyond the post title.

I guess what I am saying is there’s a thin line between a comment and pulling out a blog post for further passing-it-along. If you all you do is the latter then it’s like subscribing to another person’s feed. And to some extent, why not? Just make your comment at the blogger who wrote the actual post worth talking about.

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:29:57 +0000

omo, ^^ overload compensation is part of the idea. By having a group of people reading a few different blogs, then noting stuff, the load is shared and relevance should become more precise. Of course, it would be nice if the group had similar tastes, or at least knew others well enough to Share with Note for a reason.

Author’s blog is truly important for that fact. If I only subscribed to his blog, I’d still have a large slice of the picture, because it is meta.