Comments on: Questioning the Slashdot Effect — Getting to the Why not the What http://www.richardfrench.net/2005/03/03/questioning-the-slashdot-effect-getting-to-the-why-not-the-what/ Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Richard http://www.richardfrench.net/2005/03/03/questioning-the-slashdot-effect-getting-to-the-why-not-the-what/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Richard Tue, 07 Jun 2005 03:56:35 +0000 http://www.richardfrench.net/?p=4#comment-3 A recent <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050322/083089.html" rel="nofollow">survey</a> performed by OSTG, released on March 22nd shows that 73% of slashdot readers will increase their use of RSS feeds in the next year. More than a quarter of respondents are reading more than five sites via RSS feeds. According to Jupiter research, in a report published on March 12th and entitled <a href="http://www.jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/research:concept/61/id=96131/" rel="nofollow">RSS readers</a>, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) received little consumer attention prior to 2003, despite its availability since the late 1990s. Now, 12 percent of online consumers use RSS feeds at home and in the office. Perhaps, more and more visitors to Slashdot have already linked to the source from their RSS news and blogs reader may in fact be part of the change that is occuring within this community. A recent survey performed by OSTG, released on March 22nd shows that 73% of slashdot readers will increase their use of RSS feeds in the next year. More than a quarter of respondents are reading more than five sites via RSS feeds.

According to Jupiter research, in a report published on March 12th and entitled RSS readers, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) received little consumer attention prior to 2003, despite its availability since the late 1990s. Now, 12 percent of online consumers use RSS feeds at home and in the office.

Perhaps, more and more visitors to Slashdot have already linked to the source from their RSS news and blogs reader may in fact be part of the change that is occuring within this community.

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