DISQUS

Josh Buhler · 4 years ago

Amen.




I’ve seen too many comments on “off-topic” blog posts that get aggregated ranting about the person being off-topic, or not posting anything useful to the community.





Not everybody is going to be posting earth-shaking news or techniques all the time. I enjoy reading many of the “off-topic” posts just for the entertainment value. In my case, I’ve posted on things that a lot of Flash developers already know, but since the topic shows up in my search logs, someone out there is still looking for that info. Why not make it available, or add one more location where that info can be found?





And really, just because it shows up in your RSS reader or on MXNA, you don’t have to read it. If you aren’t interested by the title or description of the post, don’t read it. It’s that easy.

mike chambers · 4 years ago

Hi. As far as MXNA is concerned, you can post whatever you want. Because of Smart Categories at MXNA, readers can easily filter out off topic posts.




More info here:





http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/200...>



MXNA is currently aggregating nearly 500 feeds, so if you just watch the main page, there is always going to be off topic posts. That is the reason we created smart categories.





If we dont have a smart category that you want, then you can use the search function, to create a simple smart category.





mike chambers





mesh@macromedia.com

Roy Crisman · 4 years ago

I’d rather see revelant content only in the aggregated blog, and whimsical personal stuff in your own.




“Aggregation” isn’t quite the right term…MACR isn’t collecting useful and relevant material, they’re collecting a bunch of sources which may occasonally have relevant material.





It may be more a problem of the whole concept of a ‘blog’ still being developed which is causing the pains….many people have different ideas about what a blog is for, and what a collection of blogs is for, and how to collect and categorize blog entries.





So no matter what, you’re never going to please everyone…we’re all still fighting about what this thing is. My preference would be that the stuff in my RSS reader from MACR was relevant to MACR, and the stuff someone posts in a political, comedic, or personal nature be in a different blog.

Ryan Guill · 4 years ago

You should post whatever you want to whenever you want to. Just because you are aggregated by mxna, doesnt mean you need to change your position or style because of it. Its still your blog. Keep doin what you wanna do.

Tim Walling · 4 years ago

Like the others above, I say post whatever you want. You shouldn’t cater to any one particular aggregator you happen to be listed in.




Having the ability to use smart categories is nice, but I also like to see off-topic posts at MXNA because it’s nice to visit one site and read interesting things from other like-minded people.

Josh Dura · 4 years ago

I was just thinking about posting something like this on my blog as well. Post whatever you like. Truthfully, its the “all flash news all the time” blogs that I tend to shy away from. Your blog is actually one of the few from MXNA that I still read, as it keeps me interested on a number of topics, including Flash.




I truthfully have never understood the point of a person posting a comment to this effect. Why would someone think that they should have a say in what content gets posted to your site? It is YOUR site.

Abel Rios · 4 years ago

Josh is absolutely right. It’s your site and yours only. Take ownership of your content and be proud man.




On a side note: I had a hard time sifting through comments. Could you please add something visually that seperates each comment block? :)

Jeremy Fuksa · 4 years ago

Thanks for the comments so far everyone, and thanks for the compliment Josh!




Abel, I am still in the process of tweaking ths design of this blog whenever I have a little spare time. Since none of my posts have ever really gotten this many comments, I truthfully wasn’t aware of the difficulty in reading multiple comments. That’s an issue I’ll tackle very soon... as in right now.

erikbianchi · 4 years ago

For me I label my OT post as [OT] so readers are fairly warned and that is what I will come back at as my disclaimer when someone sends me a message about how inconsiderate I am for posting an off topic post.




If we as a blog community get too worked up about what is relevant and what isn’t we’d probably never post because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a post that didn’t say something that already hasn’t been said. =)





-erik

tony of the weeg clan · 4 years ago

i couldnt have said it better myself. in fact i tried however this was quite eloquent, and well said!




peace.


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