The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Didi:

Wow. MPA actually managed to stoop to a new low in the post-Valenti era. That's actually rather impressive, in a sad, despicable kind of way. I can't seem to decide what they're exhibiting more of - evil or stupidity. Probably the latter.

And I definitely think the drop in tickets sales is all about the bad movies. As a part time critic, I can get free tickets to most movies. I think the only movie I wasn't going to write about that I actually went and saw in a press screening was Howl's Moving Castle.

I love that introduction. It actually played a part in my decision to buy the book for publication in Hebrew.

And yes, it is a very good collection.

My favorite Ebert review is the one he wrote about "Freddie Got Fingered." The best part was this:

"This movie doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels"

I certainly didn't intend for it to become an "RSS: Good or Bad" conversation. Since you mentioned that you don't find it more convenient, I laid out the reasons why I find it convenient.

I'm a big fan of RSS, and sometimes get carried away with the proselytizing. If I did, I'm sorry.

I agree that it doesn't render weblog design irrelevant. I'm not sure it would even if everyone used it.

And about the possibility of individual feeds for ML threads - Yay!

My position is pretty much the same as Andrew's, only I have a lot more feeds (I don't use it just for blogs, but for news, ESPN, and a bunch of other stuff). I use bloglines, so I can always see what's updated.

Some blogs I visit when I see there's an update (thanks to the miracle of Firefox tabs). Here, the comments are such an important part of the content that I always visit the blog itself. For me, it boils down to this - when I didn't have RSS, or when my client software was on the fritz, I visited a fraction of the sites I visit when it works.

Knowing that I'm actually going to see new content is helpful. Also, my "things to do" memory is terrible (unlike my trivia and useless facts memory, which is excellent), and bloglines remembers which sites I like to visit for me. I like that. Generally, I like that technology augments the areas I'm not particularly good at. My phone remembers things I need to do, and my RSS remembers (and keeps track of) sites I like to visit. It works perfectly for me, though I know it isn't as effective for others.

As a blogger, I try to support RSS as much as I can. I chose a WP template with a feed for the posts, a feed for comments, a feed for each post's comments, and a feed for each category.

I must say, it all looks the same in RSS. In Henley's feed, Scalzi's feed, and your feed. Author's name at the top. All very clear and organized.

We loves the RSS. It our preciousss.

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