GoVolsXtra Feed Reader: You Make The Call

by David Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 3:34 PM EDT

Like most bloggers (and probably most RTT members in general) my feed reader is waaay to full to be entirely practical; I get by with scanning headlines and half-ledes for most articles just to make sure I'm not missing something too important, but I probably read about a quarter to a third of all incoming feeds. (That may be generous, but I'm not sure since I do read some that I don't click within the reader, thereby throwing off the stats.)

But I don't like to eliminate feeds if I don't have to. Even a list of article titles is generally useful. That's why I like to have a consultation before lopping a branch off my feed tree.

And then, courtesy of GVX, this comes along:

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Ok, look. I actually have no problem with GVX. They work very hard and put out a pretty good product. You can't expect a local news agency to operate like ESPN; it's totally unrealistic. Besides, they're actually pretty good about incorporating audience feedback and trying to self-improve. Kudos to them.

But seriously, this is going to be in my feed reader? My main repository for news articles - and that? Having a news feed routed through Twitter is dubious enough; getting actual Tweets through it is an absolute no-go.

So I leave it to you. Keeping in mind that I will still read GVX and that I don't bear any actual animosity toward them:

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How should hooper handle the Twitter-infested GVX feed?

Keep the subscription! Suck it up, you pansy! Coach O doesn't want to hear about your inconvenience!

13 votes

Cut bait! You're looking for only TOP feeds! Coach O doesn't settle for second-best!

10 votes

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Um

You know that RTT posts its feeds through its Twitter account, right?

;-)

On a related note, I love the Dubious Brothers. China Grove features one of the best-known and coolest guitar riffs in the history of music.

Circling back from the tangent: Of course, I haven’t turned the thing on its head yet and actually put tweets into the RSS feed, so we’re okay there. I suspect that GVX is just fiddling around and didn’t actually mean to do that. We’ll see, though.

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 26, 2009 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

Sure, if you want it to.

My RTT feed isn’t Twitted; it’s the traditional type and it’s far more useful.

by David Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

And to be fair, I was trying to be a little tongue-in-cheek with it.

But I’ll stand by the point: I want a feed from GVX that gives me updates on their news postings, not one that tells me what they’re having for dinner. It’s a business-level relationship for me, not a sorority sister relationship.

;-)

by David Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s a business-level relationship for me, not a sorority sister relationship

Thats about how I feel.

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 26, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I's triied a little tonge in cheek with my cusin Bertha...

but we’s gots in truble for it and my momma made me go see the preecher and asks him to gets the devel owt of me but he said that caint be done so’s I’s had to promis we’s wont do it no more.

by BamaRulez on Mar 26, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Honestly

I’m not a fan of Twitter accounts that are just (or mostly) a stream of RSS headlines. I tolerate it because too many people I like do it for me not to, but given a choice I’d prefer people not do that. Twitter is supposed to be for minutiae like Drew announcing that he’s glad he brought his coat because it’s cold or me announcing that I’m too drunk to continue watching the Florida game.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Mar 26, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

I’ve struggled with that. I’m not pleased with the fact that mine’s devolved into that, but as with too many things, I always intend to do more with it and then just never get to it. Ditto Facebook statuses. I’ll give it one more try.

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 26, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

See, maybe its different strokes for different folks,

but I like the RockyTopTalk twitter feed because it just lets me know when RTT gets updated and I should check. Its what my NPR feed does.

I guess it depends what you start twittering outside of that, funny thoughts during a game might be great. Or any quality quotes from an open game thread.

anyways, it wont matter to me, I’ll be a follower no matter what. :)

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 26, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions