DIGG Newsvine De.lici.ous Reddit Facebook Furl
by Ted Slater on 04/17/2007 at 11:16 AM
I came across a blog yesterday that got me thinking about adding "social bookmarking"-type links at the bottom of each post. Here are some examples:
- Digg This!
- Discuss on Newsvine
- Add to del.icio.us
- Share on Facebook
- Furl
Would any of you find these kinds of links on The Line useful, or are they just clutter? Are there other kinds of links you'd like to see at the bottom of our posts in addition to or instead of these?
1. Jessi said the following at 11:32 AM on Apr 17:
I think they're great...it gives insight on some of the reader comments....
2. Ariana said the following at 11:46 AM on Apr 17:
I think the Facebook link would be useful. There's an I <3 Boundless group on there that has been growing a lot. It would be a way of allowing commenters to perhaps get to know one another better if they so chose without making Boundless the mediary between those interactions.
3. kvv said the following at 11:49 AM on Apr 17:
I find them clutter, and synonymous to advertising. I don't want to be bogged down with all that, I just want read what others have to say on the Line, the site I went to in the first place.
4. Holly said the following at 12:06 PM on Apr 17:
I would like to see a comment feed in addition to the feed already provided for posts. I don't use any of the other services you mentioned and cannot offer any opinion on them, but a comment feed would be great. The comments are often as helpful as the posts on this blog. Thank you!
5. Jeffrey J. Stables said the following at 1:10 PM on Apr 17:
I think it's unnecessary to add such links for two reasons:
(1) When I want to share something, I blog about it. I don't use a third-party site to promote someone's blog post—I link directly to them in a blog post of my own.
(2) Even for those without blogs, all of these sites (Facebook, for example) allow you to share a link by just pasting the address of the site. I have shared links on Facebook in the past that I have not thought blog-worthy, and it would not have been any more convenient to click on a link at the bottom of the page than to copy and paste the URI into the "Share" box on Facebook.
For those two reasons, I think essentially there are better ways to share online content, and providing them physically on your site would just clutter it up. Now, providing trackback capabilities (I use Haloscan myself) would be another matter entirely... :)
6. Jeremy said the following at 1:26 PM on Apr 17:
I think these type of links would be of great importance. Sites like facebook need are a great opportunity for Christians to spread a Christian worldview. I can't count how many times I've wished I could post an article from Boundless on these websites.
7. Lee said the following at 1:45 PM on Apr 17:
I think Ariana's right in saying the Facebook one would be a good choice. As long as it's not overt and obtrusive.
I also use Digg, but (and this is more of a dig on Digg rather than Boundless), but I'm not sure how well a Christian blog would gel with the typical Digg user (who, if the majority of Digg headlines are any indication, is athiest and hostile to anything remotely Christian.) Then again, I'd Digg It. :)
8. kvv said the following at 1:56 PM on Apr 17:
I will second what Holly said and say that having a comment feed would be great. I don't like flipping back and forth to view the comments.
9. Tim H. said the following at 2:02 PM on Apr 17:
I use a "Share to Facebook" button frequently (on my links bar), but I would just assume not have one right on the page.
10. Dan H. said the following at 2:28 PM on Apr 17:
I think links like this would just be clutter.
11. Ivy said the following at 3:06 PM on Apr 17:
I think they would be a bad idea. I used to be a member of Digg, but stopped after getting upset with post after post of ungodly links that people loved to look at (a lot of evolution-type links, praises for atheists, ect). I understand trying to reach out to the fallen, but joining in is not a good idea.
12. Sina said the following at 4:07 PM on Apr 17:
Hey guys can you let me know where the boundless facebook group is? I've been looking but I don't find it!
13. ajma said the following at 7:05 PM on Apr 17:
I would use them for sure.
Try addthis.com
It's a service which gives will help add a lot of different bookmarking sites.
14. Chris Krycho said the following at 8:31 PM on Apr 17:
I <3 Boundless on Facebook. (Even though I know you already found it, it might be useful to others.) :)
15. Jeffrey J. Stables said the following at 8:56 PM on Apr 17:
Jeremy, you said,
You've always been able to post articles from Boundless on Facebook. It's inherent in the "Share" feature, as shown in the Facebook help pages:The question Ted posed is not whether or not we should enable the sharing of Boundless Line posts on Facebook, but whether or not Boundless Line should install those "Share buttons located on partner websites." Personally, I would find them superfluous in light of Facebook's already adequate posting features and further believe they would add clutter on the Boundless Line pages.16. Tomi said the following at 10:48 PM on Apr 17:
My first reaction is that it's a great idea, but it might just open up a can of worms for angry emails (lol probably from liberals like me!) reacting to links to content that they find offensive or think that Boundless/Fotf shouldn't be promoting/associating with.
That said, is there any way for Boundless readers to send links to the editors that they think might be of interest? Apart from being a Christian in college, I'm also an activist involved in social justice and the anti-racist progressive movement, and many things I come across definitely have a "religious" angle that I think Boundless editors would be interested in regardless of their "blogworthyness." (is that even a word?)
17. Becca said the following at 11:09 PM on Apr 17:
I, too, think the best addition would be an RSS feed for each comment thread.
18. Jacob said the following at 11:33 AM on Apr 18:
clutter.
19. Michele said the following at 5:46 PM on Apr 18:
RSS feed, Facebook, and Blogger. I don't think these create clutter; I find them pretty useful on other blogs and I use them frequently.