[Air-L] Buddy churn

[barry saunders]

it's just an observation, but I was discussing this the other night with
some colleagues and the consensus seemed to be that RSS has affected the
temporality of blogging, and the expectation that your blog be updated
daily. I have about 500 blogs I've subscribed to via RSS, yet some of those
only get updated once or twice a year. I don't really unsubscribe from a
blog unless I find I don't like it any more or I'm getting swamped with
posts.

Whereas a year or two ago, I had about 50 blogs bookmarked, and any blog
that wasn't updated for a few weeks was dropped.


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On 8/10/07, Aleks Krotoski <akrotoski at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, I was wondering if anyone's done any research
> or has any insight into how often people remove
> friends from buddy lists. Is there Buddy churn in
> Instant Messaging or on Social Networking sites? On
> RSS feeds or on Blogrolls? In virtual worlds or MMOGs?
>
> Absolutely any pointers/directions/references
> welcomed!
>
> Thanks very much,
> Aleks
> PhD candidate, University of Surrey
> http://www.toastkid.com
>
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