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A few more site features added today...
Authored by: robg on Jun 13, '06 09:10:48PM

The comments feed is full text. There are issues with full text feeds on hints, not the least of which is the occasional length of some articles -- some of which run multiple pages. Sending all that text to every single RSS feed that requests it would be a huge bandwidth hit, especially given that not everyone is going to be interested in the full article.

I have recently bumped the limit to the first 1,000 characters of the post, up from 250. This covers many of the shorter hints in their entirety. I think this is a fairly good compromise, as only the longest hints would require a click-through to the browser

We are discussing full text feeds, and I will communicate any changes if/when they are made -- please keep in mind that I am not in charge of such things, and only have input on the decision making process. If you have strong feelings on the subject, please feel free to email me, and I will forward on to the appropriate people (you can find an email link at the bottom of every page here).

-rob.



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