The Gamer Dome has an article on RPG Overload. One aspect the article touches upon is the number of posts on RPG Bloggers.
Here’s how I deal with it: The network allows me to “sample” tons of blogs. I skim the front page and maybe the second page every now and then, looking for new stuff. If I like something, I will subscribe the the individual feed. The network works for me since I use it to discover new blogs by skimming the front page. I don’t try to real all the articles on it.
That’s also why I don’t want a “quality” filter for these blogs. I’m happy the “featured” articles got moved out of the way. I don’t need them. I do appreciate the lack of product announcement and the focus on the personal. I care both about long and thoughtful posts as well as short and funny posts. I want to learn more about our hobby, but I also want to learn more about the people playing it. That’s why I am subscribed to some blogs that also features short and single paragraph posts. I don’t mind.
In fact, I prefer succinct posts to rambling.
Which is why I need to stop.
#Blogs #RPG
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I much prefer short posts (or long posts split into several shorter ones). Who has the time to read all the long ones when you’re supposed to be out there playing?
The network allows people to find what they like/prefer for themselves. As far as I know, the featured posts aren’t driven by the members of the network, but rather by the administrators of the network. Thus, I don’t view it as a very reliable content filter for myself.
– jatori 2008-10-29 06:41 UTC
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I prefer longer posts, and I agree on RPG Bloggers. I skim the front page for new articles and click on anything that grabs me. I actually don’t subscribe to feeds. Whenever I did subscribe to a feed I ended up ignoring it for front-page roaming as usual.
– Wyatt 2008-10-29 14:43 UTC
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I recently started reading the archives of my favorite blogs. The archives I’ve been reading through are mostly composed of larger posts that provide food for thought. The blogs with shorter posts are something I like to have as part of “current affairs” I guess.
– Alex Schroeder 2008-10-29 21:48 UTC