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The link is giving an error, it has a trailing period.
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@DH405: I think it was more meant to inform others/get it corrected than complain - not everyone would catch that
The link is giving an error, it has a trailing period.
@DH405: I think it was more meant to inform others/get it corrected than complain - not everyone would catch that
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Frustration....I'm using My Yahoo (no comments from the peanut gallery please)
Can you please verify the RSS feed links on the page are correct.
@Gilbert Tang Jr.:
My Yahoo is a \"start\" Page [my.yahoo.com] similar to [www.igoogle.com] (an aggregation page)
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I'm getting that link redirecting to the old gawker feed, is that correct?
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is it ok if i have just consumerist.com/index.xml ?
or does it have to be www. in front?
(stupid google reader can't change feed's url. have to delete and re-add a feed losing all my history and starred items)
@Mxx:
Don't delete the old one, just rename it, add the new one, and voila. You get to keep your history, starred item and still get the new feeds.
Enjoy having your cake and eating it too. :)
@cupcake_ninja: that's a dirty workaround. i'd rather see google reader properly allow changing of urls. :)
hmm, i just checked google reader and i see today's feeds, so i guess it's fine not to have www.
i wonder if consumerist configured old url to answer with 301 redirect, would google reader notice it and update url?
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@cupcake_ninja: You beat me to this suggestion, and it's a great idea. I renamed mine to Consumerist-Archive.
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this is the part where i enjoy being woefully behind by not embracing the RSS feed technology.
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@catastrophegirl: RSS feeds are great for sites that don't often update but you're interested in. For example, the blog for Team Fortress 2 is breathtakingly brilliant and funny, but wildly inconsistent. Rather than checking every day and shedding sour tears of disappointment, I RSS it then every so Blue Moon am notified by a (1) or even more rarely a (2) or (3) in my Bookmarks menus.
If it weren't for RSS, I'd have thrown in the towel and missed quite a few hearty chuckles.
So: Save a Chuckle from Oblivion - Use RSS!
@Trai_Dep: i tried some for a while but relying on outside services to notify me of things continuously fails. even with tweaking email settings and adding senders to safe lists...
livejournal no longers notifies me of anything, okcupid fails... bunedoggle notifier for gawker site comments is about 50% and hours behind.
i get flickr updates but usually a week late, regardless of my settings ... the only thing that sends me 'updates' is facebook and i don't have a facebook account so i don't know what those emails are, phishing i assume.
i am perfectly happy with my really long bookmark list at this point.
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@catastrophegirl: you're not missing anything.
i tried feeding consumerist, but it takes too long for the posts to aggregate. i wouldn't see a post until there were already a page of comments on it & that's no fun.
@mac-phisto: I've been wondering what drop-off there is btn being on the first page versus latter ones as far as having my comments read. I think it's pretty significant. It seems the really dynamic threads always happen on the first page.
(bitter because my Frame Your Adorable Snowflake for a Crime S/He Didn't Commit To Save on Summer Camp Expenses comment posted yesterday didn't take off (although, Phil was very kind with his comment - Thanks, Phil!))
@Trai_Dep: i can only speak from personal experience, but i rarely click thru past page 1. i'm sure i'm not alone - even the site reduces the importance of these comments by shrinking them.
i did miss your excellent idea for saving on summer camp the first time around, but i clicked thru this time (which proves that shameless self-plugging is still an effective marketing tool). funny stuff.
@mac-phisto: Thanks.
I know, it IS pretty shameless, ain't it?
I wrote it (well, the free babysitting tip first) when there were only a few comments, then inspiration hit, and by the time I finished, it was too late to appear on the first page. Sigh. One of my best works, I think.
I'm especially proud of the, \"Children often lack worldly experience, and many trust their parents and close relatives\" line.
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Is consumerist getting rid of the old commenting system? I like this system left over from Gawker.
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@Blue387: @GitEmSteveDave_NodsHisHeadLikeYeah: Don't forget - on the weekends us non-starred users have to use the Pony Express as the primary transport of witty comments. Sure beats them smoke signals and pigeons, but it takes a major hit in the pocketbook for Saturday/Sunday delivery.
@Blue387: Yes, they are getting rid of it. The new system will revolve around giving star commenters homing pigeons, which we will mail to non-starred commenters. When a non-starred has a witty comment, they write it on a piece of paper and attach it to the leg of a pigeon, and release it to return to it's star commenter. When we receive it, we judge it's quality, and if it meets our standards, we post it like it's our own. Of course, ConsumeristRoz's coup is always open, so you may send pigeons to her of course, or send up smoke signals every morning from the west as the sun arises to vanquish it's enemy, the moon on alternating weekdays.
@GitEmSteveDave_MovesHisHipsLikeYeah: Shhh! Just because you saw the demo doesn't mean you should be giving away all our secrets. Besides, the homing pigeons are in beta, and we may switch to bees before we launch. Cheaper, just as accurate, and have a built-in ban hammer if they don't like your comment.
@Marc Perton: interesting. i thought the MOAR KITTEHS!!1! video post meant felines would somehow be incorporated in the new delivery system.
now i'll have to break the bad news to mine that it's back to singing for their supper.
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@Marc Perton: But Marc, some people are allergic to bees. And some people are very, very afraid of bees!
How about bunnies who have been trained to fly aircraft?
@pecan 3.14159265: But that always raises the question of who'll get there first, the aircraft-flying bunnies, or the zeppelin-piloting tortoises.
@GitEmSteveDave_MovesHisHipsLikeYeah: If some of us are posting from Hogwarts, do we get owls instead?
@pecan 3.14159265: No, due to the pigeon/owl rivalry which started in the 16th centuary. Since pigeons don't have talons or night vision, the owls have an unfair advantage, and are only allowed in pigeon airspace with armed pigeon escorts.
@dark_15: And don't forget the price of grain, apples, and saddle soap.
@UGAdawg: I heard the TiSP service is crappy.
@GitEmSteveDave_NodsHisHeadLikeYeah: I don't know about you GitEmSteveDave but I prefer the TiSP method from Google. I've been using it and haven't had any communication errors since I dropped my ISP.
Aw nuts, this is going to throw off my Google Reader metrics! I wish it let you edit feed URLs instead of just adding and deleting...
When I click on the RSS icon in Firefox's URL bar it still subscribes to the old feed.
I am still getting the new posts through google reader...did the change happen or not?
you know what i really miss? does anyone remember the consumerist start page that had just picture links? instead of picture/title/summary, it just had a page with the most recent 50 or so stories linked by a 100x50px story photo.
i used to love that page. it was awesome. & then it disappeared. *sniff*
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wy s ths n cnsmsrst?
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Do a permanent redirect of the old feed to the new. News reads (should) then use the new feed.
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My Google Reader shows [www.consumerist.com] as a feed address although I didn't change anything. What was the old address? It seems like Google just caught up with this change, somehow.
I am trying to add consumerist to my \"myyahoo.com\". That is where it was before the change. Now it no longer offers that option. Any ideas?
5 days later and no joy. Consumerist is my favorite RSS and I'm suffering withdrawal. Is there any light at the end of the tunnel?
Yes, the new URL seems to work within a browser, but something is seriously messed up with my.yahoo.com. I think Yahoo is caching the old RSS URL no matter what RSS URL you use. This seems to be a problem with Yahoo, but it's a big problem for Consumerist since a TON of people use my.yahoo.com.
I'll lodge a complaint with Yahoo, but a fix could be weeks away.
Using \"My Yahoo\" start page, I am now getting no RSS...(\"most recent content 6 days ago\")
Is the RSS ever going to get fixed?
How do I EECB Consumerist?
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I smell the first signs of a server transition! Yay!