syndication

[cellio]

(This feature isn't available for free accounts.)

For those who haven't noticed yet, LJ now supports RSS (a syndication method). What this means is that there is now some non-LJ content that you can get on your friends page. This is handy for sites you'd like to monitor but have trouble remembering to check in on regularly.

More information, including a list of what's available, is at syn_promo. I'd like to specifically mention the following, because the "cost" of subscribing to a feed goes down as readership goes up. (You have a quota of points.)

davebarrycolumn: just what it sounds like. Seems to be new; I don't know what the posting frequency is going to be.

dilbertdaily and foxtrot_feed: comics. There are also feeds for Doonesbury, Sinfest, Dork Tower, and some others. I've heard that the UserFriendly feed is broken.

neilgaimanblog: Neil Gaiman, creator of Sandman and other works.

Comments

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

Do you have a pointer handy to information about the quota of points?

[jerusha.livejournal.com]

Here.

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[tashabear.livejournal.com]

Thank you for explaining this... I'd seen mention of it, but found nothing about it on the LiveJournal main or help pages.