Comments on: How long can a blog last without posts before the number of RSS subscribers decreases? http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/ Blogging Guides, News, Tips, Resources Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:39:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Dean http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-132081 Dean Wed, 07 May 2008 21:14:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-132081 I'm on the same boat as May. It doesn't matter to me if a blog updates or not, I'll just unsubscribe when I realize it has boring stuff and/or I do spring cleaning and delete a lot that I never even bother to read regardless of the content. I’m on the same boat as May. It doesn’t matter to me if a blog updates or not, I’ll just unsubscribe when I realize it has boring stuff and/or I do spring cleaning and delete a lot that I never even bother to read regardless of the content.

]]> By: May http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-132063 May Wed, 07 May 2008 20:37:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-132063 I stop subscribing when the content no longer engages me OR when a blog that I don't remember being subscribed to updates and I look at the post and am not interested in what I see. I just unsubscribe and move on. So, if a blog with content I like doesn't update for a while, I'm okay with it. I stop subscribing when the content no longer engages me OR when a blog that I don’t remember being subscribed to updates and I look at the post and am not interested in what I see. I just unsubscribe and move on. So, if a blog with content I like doesn’t update for a while, I’m okay with it.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-131918 Kevin Wed, 07 May 2008 12:37:21 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-131918 Some good feedback guys. It does seem that most people just forget to unsubscribe from blogs or as Sketchee puts it, it's more trouble than it's worth to unsubscribe. Some good feedback guys. It does seem that most people just forget to unsubscribe from blogs or as Sketchee puts it, it’s more trouble than it’s worth to unsubscribe.

]]> By: Megapixels http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-131817 Megapixels Wed, 07 May 2008 10:45:15 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-131817 I am guilty of being one of those statistics you speak of. I currently have 117 feeds subscribed to in BlogLines, and I don't think I've ever removed one of them. Some I haven't looked at in over a year. I'm also a bit of a pack rat . . . never through anything out. I am guilty of being one of those statistics you speak of. I currently have 117 feeds subscribed to in BlogLines, and I don’t think I’ve ever removed one of them. Some I haven’t looked at in over a year. I’m also a bit of a pack rat . . . never through anything out.

]]> By: Sketchee http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-131502 Sketchee Wed, 07 May 2008 03:23:53 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-131502 I'm pretty much like the other people who replied. If a blog doesn't post, I probably wouldn't notice. I have the feedreader so I don't have to know how often someone posts. I would probably only notice if my most favorite and frequently uploaded blog didn't post often. Even then, it's more trouble than its worth to just unsubscribe. That's the whole point of having the feedreader, not having to manage this kind of thing. I’m pretty much like the other people who replied. If a blog doesn’t post, I probably wouldn’t notice. I have the feedreader so I don’t have to know how often someone posts. I would probably only notice if my most favorite and frequently uploaded blog didn’t post often. Even then, it’s more trouble than its worth to just unsubscribe. That’s the whole point of having the feedreader, not having to manage this kind of thing.

]]> By: Dave http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-131285 Dave Tue, 06 May 2008 23:03:12 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-131285 I also use Google Reader and have it set to show updated feeds. If someone does not update their website for months, I would invariably stay subscribed because I would forget I have them in my reader. Now if they took two months off and then started posting again, they better have something that will draw my attention and draw me back in. It's okay to take a break as long as the quality of the content stays consistent to why I subscribed in the first place. If the quality has dropped off, I will unsubscribe. I also use Google Reader and have it set to show updated feeds. If someone does not update their website for months, I would invariably stay subscribed because I would forget I have them in my reader. Now if they took two months off and then started posting again, they better have something that will draw my attention and draw me back in. It’s okay to take a break as long as the quality of the content stays consistent to why I subscribed in the first place. If the quality has dropped off, I will unsubscribe.

]]> By: wheresthebox http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-131205 wheresthebox Tue, 06 May 2008 22:01:06 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-131205 Good question! I definitely unsubscribe if I have been materially offended and sometimes if I am bored over a significant period of time. If a blog has not had any posts in a while (say a couple of weeks), I might scroll through to see why I subscribed in the first place and then decide whether to keep it. However, I often have my Google Reader set to only show updated blogs, so I really wouldn't notice ones that aren't posting unless I switch to all to look for something in particular. Good question! I definitely unsubscribe if I have been materially offended and sometimes if I am bored over a significant period of time. If a blog has not had any posts in a while (say a couple of weeks), I might scroll through to see why I subscribed in the first place and then decide whether to keep it.

However, I often have my Google Reader set to only show updated blogs, so I really wouldn’t notice ones that aren’t posting unless I switch to all to look for something in particular.

]]> By: Help Baby Sleep http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/06/how-long-can-a-blog-last-without-posts-before-the-number-of-rss-subscribers-decreases/#comment-131082 Help Baby Sleep Tue, 06 May 2008 20:51:24 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=1649#comment-131082 I'm subscribed to loads of blogs, and the ones I remove are the ones that don't interest me. If a blog doesn't update for a while I will stay subscribed because 1) I like what the blogger has to say and it causes me no trouble to stay subscribed while I wait for them to blog again, 2) I forget I'm subscribed! I’m subscribed to loads of blogs, and the ones I remove are the ones that don’t interest me. If a blog doesn’t update for a while I will stay subscribed because 1) I like what the blogger has to say and it causes me no trouble to stay subscribed while I wait for them to blog again, 2) I forget I’m subscribed!

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