Comments on: Partial Freakonomics feed = bad idea http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/ ...watching the intersection of the Web and media Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rocky http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-8496 Rocky Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:24:07 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-8496 I may be an exception on this, but I click through <b>more often</b> on full feeds because they have more of an opportunity to catch my interest. If there are pictures or video, the story catches my eye. If I become engaged with the story, I'll clickthrough to see the comments and discussion about it. I may be an exception on this, but I click through more often on full feeds because they have more of an opportunity to catch my interest. If there are pictures or video, the story catches my eye.

If I become engaged with the story, I’ll clickthrough to see the comments and discussion about it.

]]> By: Tom http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-7917 Tom Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:09:34 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-7917 I share your loathing of partial feeds. In fact, I wrote a web service to convert them to full feeds (http://labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss -- works fine on the Freakonomics feed). I can understand the predicament that Dubner is in, but advertisers will eventually have to face the fact that giving content away in one location and restricting it in another isn't feasible -- technology makes it too easy to circumvent such restrictions. It'd be nice if Dubner took advantage of his relatively luxurious position to point this out to the ad men. I share your loathing of partial feeds. In fact, I wrote a web service to convert them to full feeds (labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss — works fine on the Freakonomics feed). I can understand the predicament that Dubner is in, but advertisers will eventually have to face the fact that giving content away in one location and restricting it in another isn’t feasible — technology makes it too easy to circumvent such restrictions. It’d be nice if Dubner took advantage of his relatively luxurious position to point this out to the ad men.

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