For those who have subscribed to the Gazette’s RSS feed, I have some good (or bad) news. We’ll be providing the full post via that feed, starting today, rather than a short excerpt.
Over the years, a few people have requested that I do this, but I was hesitant to make the change for a couple of reasons. First, I didn’t want to clog the news readers of subscribers.
Second, I wanted people to come to my website to read the Gazette. This was partly selfish, in that I wanted to see those visits reflected in the site’s statistics. But I also felt that it facilitated the discussion because most news readers don’t allow you to view or leave comments; you still have to click over to the website to do that.
However, in the Gazette’s new incarnation, I don’t even have a hit counter, much less a dedicated stats program, so I’m no longer concerned about tracking traffic. I do still have a concern about adversely affecting the dialog provided by comments, but I figure that if I write something that moves you to leave a comment, you’ll make the extra click or two necessary to do that. At least, I hope you will.
As always, if this makes absolutely no sense to you, then you’re not affected by the change. Carry on!
I will still clicky over. Though I’m not sure I actually contribute much to the dialog. 🙂
I like getting your comments. Since you’re one of the few people who have actually registered, I don’t have to approve them! 😉
[Yes, as has been well-documented, it’s all about me.]
It’s your not-blog-but-really-a-blog-kind-of-thingy, it should be all about you. Or zombies. Either one.
I’ll be clicking over too naturally :). Zombies haha!
Beth, despite my most pretentious motivations, I think it’s safe to say that the Gazette is squarely back in blogdom. As they say, if it shambles like a zombie, utters “braaaaainsss” like a zombie…well, you know the rest.
Rachel, I’m counting on your clicks! 😉
I kept trying to sign into MT – I have a username and password out there somewhere… but I’ve forgotten both. Sorry I’ve been so lazy! Weren’t we just talking about remember passwords and such? ha!
MT really doesn’t care what service you use, as long as it’s one of those on its list. So your Google account provides sufficient validation, and this comment bypassed the approval process.
With great power comes great responsibility. 😉