Poll on how you read my blog
I am considering switching from LiveJournal to a self-maintained Movable Type. More and more I like the idea of blogging and want to become more active, but I don't like that LiveJournal (the company) keeps my blog posts on their system. Of course they won't go out of business, but it's the principle of the matter: I like being in possession and control of my own data.
But one of the main reasons I like LiveJournal is the Friends page, which is a convenient way to aggregate friends' blog postings. Today I spent a little while on duplicating this functionality without relying on LiveJournal. Now I run a program called newsbeuter which is even more convenient than LiveJournal's "Friends" page -- with it I can aggregate not just LiveJournal, but blogs from other sources. So now I'm weaned off of LiveJournal.
I want to know how you read my blog. Please take the time to answer these two questions:
1) Do you have my blog intentionally bookmarked, or do you read it exclusively through LJ's "Friends" feature, or do you use a blog aggregator?
2) If you read it exclusively through LJ's "Friends", have you considered switching to a blog aggregator? Why haven't you switched?
This is important to know because if you read it exclusively through "Friends", then if I leave LiveJournal I may lose your readership. I want to avoid that.
Please comment and let me know.
But one of the main reasons I like LiveJournal is the Friends page, which is a convenient way to aggregate friends' blog postings. Today I spent a little while on duplicating this functionality without relying on LiveJournal. Now I run a program called newsbeuter which is even more convenient than LiveJournal's "Friends" page -- with it I can aggregate not just LiveJournal, but blogs from other sources. So now I'm weaned off of LiveJournal.
I want to know how you read my blog. Please take the time to answer these two questions:
1) Do you have my blog intentionally bookmarked, or do you read it exclusively through LJ's "Friends" feature, or do you use a blog aggregator?
2) If you read it exclusively through LJ's "Friends", have you considered switching to a blog aggregator? Why haven't you switched?
This is important to know because if you read it exclusively through "Friends", then if I leave LiveJournal I may lose your readership. I want to avoid that.
Please comment and let me know.