Any FeedBurner publisher who activates the FeedFlare service gains the flexibility to include associated actions with a content item wherever it is displayed: in an RSS aggregator, on the originating Web page, or in an email, creating a common thread that ties all the different consumption experiences together in a consistent way. This live thread gives publishers a virtual Content Management System, an independent means of adding instant community and actions to a feed, Web site or blog.
“FeedFlare builds interactivity and ‘life’ into content wherever it is consumed,†said Eric Lunt, co-founder and CTO of FeedBurner. “The new service gives subscribers a broader perspective on the world of information and enables publishers to promote and distribute information across multiple channels in new and exciting ways.â€
Someone call an English major! Or maybe an engineer who can leverage the interactive connectivity with a broader perspective on actions! And instant community consumption experiences!
Thanks, Jim, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one completely perplexed by that.
Bloglines already offers this interactivity, though, and has for a while. You can e-mail someone an RSS entry with one click. And to answer your question about “if the comments change, is that enough to redownload” – my answer, from my experience with Bloglines, is no. Bloglines lets you see an entry as new when more comments have been added. I had that going on a few feeds, but I kept re-seeing so many entries that weren’t really new and it drove me crazy so I disabled the option for those feeds.
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I can’t help but think that I’m not the only person who will think “FeedFlare? Don’t you mean FeedFlair, in the
Office Space sense?”
Wow, what a great tool! It will, um… well… er…
Someone call an English major! Or maybe an engineer who can leverage the interactive connectivity with a broader perspective on actions! And instant community consumption experiences!
Thanks, Jim, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one completely perplexed by that.
Bloglines already offers this interactivity, though, and has for a while. You can e-mail someone an RSS entry with one click. And to answer your question about “if the comments change, is that enough to redownload” – my answer, from my experience with Bloglines, is no. Bloglines lets you see an entry as new when more comments have been added. I had that going on a few feeds, but I kept re-seeing so many entries that weren’t really new and it drove me crazy so I disabled the option for those feeds.