{"id":77,"date":"2006-10-31T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/why-i-wouldnt-subscribe-to-my-own-blog\/"},"modified":"2006-10-31T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-31T15:23:00","slug":"why-i-wouldnt-subscribe-to-my-own-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/31\/why-i-wouldnt-subscribe-to-my-own-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I wouldn’t subscribe to my own blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read heaps of blogs, but seem to always lust after more.
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\nTo feed the monster, every so often I:
\n1) Check in bloglines who has publically subscribed to this blog
\n2) Check in bloglines who has publically subscribed to other blogs I like
\n3) Look at the blogs that those people have subscribed to.<\/span><\/span>
\n4) If I don’t already have a blog in my collection, I run it through my blog-o-meter and subscribe to it if it passes.<\/p>\n

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More! More! (image)<\/p>\n

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What twiddles the “yes” dial on my blog-o-meter?<\/p>\n

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1) Updated within the last 2 – 3 weeks
\n2) Frequent regular posts
\n3) Not covering the same ground as something I already subscribe to
\n4) Description is a bit more unique than “Jane Jones gives her idiosyncratic view of librarianship”
\n5) Short posts about tools and sites that are useful
\n6) Posts usually less than 4 paragraphs long<\/p>\n

My blog usually does not pass 6). Probably wouldn’t have passed 4) either.<\/p>\n

It’s a good thing that other blogs slip though. How?
\n1) Recommendations or pointers from other blogs.
\n2) Looking at the blogs of people who comment here and on other blogs
\n3) A “something about you” experience where I just know I’ll be friends with the type of blog I don’t usually mix with.<\/p>\n

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TODAY’S <\/span>HIPPIE CARD<\/span><\/a>: This moment.
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Imported from the earlier version of my blog that used Blogger. Commenter’s email and URLS will not show up.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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