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Poll: How many of us read via website vs. RSS feed?
6 points by codeodor on April 18, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments
I find it particularly annoying when I click a link to Hacker News in the RSS feed and it comes to a discussion that's empty and the link is dead.

If enough of us read on the website to make it worthwhile, is it possible to make discussion links show up on the RSS feed only after some time to prove their mettle instead of immediately?

I could implement my own filter, of course, but it's not quite high enough on my list of priorities to get done any time soon. So I'm just wondering if there are others that feel how I do, and if enough people read the website to make it useful for those who don't.

Obviously we're dealing with a little bit of exploitation here, but still...

My primary notification about Hacker News stories comes from visiting the website
36 points
My primary notification about Hacker News stories comes via RSS feed
2 points


I don't visit a lot of websites on a daily basis. Mostly I come here to HN and read the articles HN front page leads me to. That's it.

This is the reason why I never need an RSS client.

Anyway I think your concern is genuine. HN should fix the RSS thing for the group of people using RSS clients.


RSS feels like a kludge to me, so use it I do not.


I check the website when I am not busy to get the latest news. When I mean latest, I mean to the last minute. I use netvibes.com when busy and just scan entire tabs for important stuff.


This poll seems slightly biased; If you read HN via RSS, why would you bother logging in to answer just for this poll?


I never use RSS.Why would I want to waste time more efficiently? It makes no sense.


never used RSS feeds for HN or any other site, I read only the emails delivered by FeedBurner, I think that's the only benefit from it...




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