A Meaningful Life

27 Aug, 2007

Quality ahead of quantity blogging

Posted by: Marc In: Blogging| TimeManagement


This morning I found myself deleting RSS feeds from my Google Reader. I was deleting general information feeds that tend to pump out several posts in a day, each one being overly general, long and some cases a bit boring to read. Inadvertently, I was keeping the lower frequency higher quality niche feeds. Of those deleted some are popular blogs, but thinking about it they are tech news or I’m just tired of the content. I’m convinced my readership relates to high quality that doesn’t come with a high time cost. For me the important components are:

  1. Explanatory title not just a funny title - Lets me chose whether to read on.
  2. Good opening paragraph summary - Lets me read the brief version.
  3. Succinct story - I detest writing that repeats itself by saying the same thing in different ways.

2 Responses to "Quality ahead of quantity blogging"

1 | Rosemary Lynch

August 27th, 2007 at 12:47 pm

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Hi Marc. I was thinking yesterday it was time to prune my feeds and looking at your criteria mine is similar. In fact the feeds I most prize are those belonging to friends that post once in a blue moon - but when it happens I enjoy reading their thoughts.

2 | Marc

August 28th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

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Yep, totally agree! The authentic human experience is what I’m drawn to.

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