People don’t unsubscribe from RSS feeds, I’ve found

November 27, 2005 By

My old feed on Bloglines has 9,204 subscribers.
My new feed on Bloglines has 1,457 subscribers.

That tells me that people aren’t unsubscribing from old feeds and are just leaving them in place. It also tells me that Bloglines has a lot of “dead users.” (Users who aren’t using the service much, if at all).

By the way, it’s amazing how many dead feeds are out there. I deleted probably 200 dead feeds. Almost done.

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  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com/ Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • http://www.jasonpettus.com Jason Pettus

    I’m definitely guilty sometimes of being one of those “dead users.” What I love so much about web feeds, though, is that I can simply subscribe to one and then never have to worry about visiting the site again. I have lots of friends, for example, who may only update their personal blogs once a month or so; I love that I can now just subscribe to their feed and get that once-a-month update automatically, versus checking the site every single day and saying to myself, “When are they going to update this d**m blog!?” If this makes me a dead user, then I guess I don’t really mind being one.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • just

    I haven’t unsubscribed for example. There are just 3-4 posts that I have marked ‘saved’ in bloglines. I haven’t had time to read or write about these thoughts.

    Sidenote. It took me a week to notice that S. has moved to new blog. Hmm. Damn bloglines.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org/ Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://jalil.org Jalil Vaidya

    You need to provide feed redirects. Bloglines handles feed redirects very well and you won’t see “dead users” (I think your assumption is flawed but thats a different discussion altogether). Redirect is very easy and the technology is available so just use it instead of having hundreds of users manually subscribe to your new feed.

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://www.stevienova.com/blog Steve

    over 18,000 still subscribed in NewsGator…

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://thomashawk.com Thomas Hawk

    I scraped bloglines for NewsGator.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

  • http://www.geekrant.org/ Daniel

    hmm well if you ask me, a proper move should include HTTP redirects (“Moved permanently — 301″) from the old site to the new, so that anybody with an RSS subscription or a bookmark doesn’t even notice — they just get bumped over to the new site.

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