I use RSS feeds to see new threads on the boards (in fact, that's how I arrived here) and to keep track of PbPs, but that's it. I never considered using RSS feeds to follow certain posters, though.
I am the only poster worth following
Bella Sara Charter Superscriber
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I think so. Why don't you try it for a bit and see how it works.
How does it work? If I post then delete, do you see the deleted post? If I edit a post, do you get an update after I finish?
I suppose I could, but I am so full of technological fail, that I don't even know where to begin. I'm lucky if I can turn on the monitor.
How does it work? If I post then delete, do you see the deleted post? If I edit a post, do you get an update after I finish?
If the feed picks up your post quickly enough, it will show up before you delete it. Still, you have a considerable amount of time to alter or delete your post before the feed picks it up.
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Okay, I'm curious. Is anyone out there using RSS Feeds for any particular poster and if so, which ones? I lack the technological sophistication to use the system (plus, the only posts I really want to read are my own, and I know when I write them).
Google, "Google Reader".
That may be your best option. Watch their help videos, or otherwise read throught their help section about using it.
Okay, I'm curious. Is anyone out there using RSS Feeds for any particular poster and if so, which ones?
I am informed that one of my players stalks me this way. I use the same function to follow a few Paizo people. That was more useful when the APs I'm running where the current products coming out but is still often amusing in its own right. I don't stalk any non-Paizo folks. Well not with RSS feeds.
And I use it to archive my own posts because sometimes I write long things I want to save. It has nothing to do with my incredible ego. Nothing at all. I certainly don't print out the contents of the feed and roll around naked in it, basking in the golden glow of my own brilliance.
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And I use it to archive my own posts because sometimes I write long things I want to save. It has nothing to do with my incredible ego. Nothing at all. I certainly don't print out the contents of the feed and roll around naked in it, basking in the golden glow of my own brilliance.
Don't. Give. Him. Ideas.
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Don't. Give. Him. Ideas.
And I use it to archive my own posts because sometimes I write long things I want to save. It has nothing to do with my incredible ego. Nothing at all. I certainly don't print out the contents of the feed and roll around naked in it, basking in the golden glow of my own brilliance.
now I need brain bleach. :P
Sebastian, your post to Celestial Healer--40 minutes before I saw it in Google Reader. :(
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012
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What the hell is an RSS feed?
It's a way to be lazy about keeping up with updates on a website. You put the feed in a reader, and when the feed gets updated, your reader lets you know.
See the little red button at the top right of this thread. That gives you a link to the RSS feed for this thread. You stick that link in your reader of choice (Google Reader, Bloglines, what have you), and now any post that's been put on this thread will show up in the reader.
You can do the same with the "recent threads" in the main messageboard or on a subforum to see all new threads opened up. And, as I found out yesterday, you can select a poster to follow, by getting the RSS feed from their recent posts.
Here's Callous Jack's RSS feed, for example.
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Bella Sara Charter Superscriber
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Here's Callous Jack's RSS feed, for example.
Hmmm...this leads me to believe that RSS feeds are dangerous Concentrating so much inspidness in a single webpage should cause damage to the internet.
In a related subject, I've often wondered about the marvelous rapidity with which the Paizo staff reply to questions and comments. I wonder if the boards search for their names in posts and forward them to the relevant staffer.
In a related subject, I've often wondered about the marvelous rapidity with which the Paizo staff reply to questions and comments. I wonder if the boards search for their names in posts and forward them to the relevant staffer.
Google has a way to do a "vanity alert" so it will inform you when your name shows up in the web. I'm not sure if that's what they're using, or if Gary has a super-secret program that does the same thing just for these boards.
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Hmmm...this leads me to believe that RSS feeds are dangerous Concentrating so much inspidness in a single webpage should cause damage to the internet.Hey, just be thankful taig isn't stalking you.
Oh, but I am. MWAHAHAHAHA!
I just left your feed out there for someone else to stalk you. Stalking Sebastian is a full-time job.
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If the feed picks up your post quickly enough, it will show up before you delete it. Still, you have a considerable amount of time to alter or delete your post before the feed picks it up.
How does it work? If I post then delete, do you see the deleted post? If I edit a post, do you get an update after I finish?
Depends how often the reader is set to query. I refuse to mention what mine is set to, they would block my IP. ;)