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. -- -- Barry Saunders http://investigativeblog.net http://youdecide2007.net --------------------- PhD Candidate // researcher http://creativeindustries.qut.edu.au ph: 07 3138 0155 skype: barry_saunders (CRICOS No. 00213J) On 8/10/07, Aleks Krotoski <akrotoski@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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