Jan
06
Posted on 01-06-2008 at 04:08pm
Filed Under (MCB News) by Kate O' on 01-06-2008

After discussing a few options for accommodating the, er, lively discussions that tend to accompany political or religious topics while still providing a welcoming environment for those who prefer to avoid flamewars, I’ve set up a second feed for the site. In the upper right, on the 1st sidebar, you’ll notice that where there used to be a “Subscribe with RSS” link, there are now two links that say:

Subscribe with RSS to all content

Subscribe with RSS (no politics or religion)

If you click the second link, you should be presented with an option to subscribe to the “Rainbows & Unicorns” version of Music City Bloggers.

We’ll give this a try and see if it’s a workable approach for everyone. If you have difficulty with either feed, please comment here and I’ll do my best to resolve it.

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Comments

Jeffraham Prestonian on 6 January, 2008 at 4:18 pm #

I love me some nerdy wimmins!

:lol:

Indeed, I doff my cap to you.
.


GingerSnaps on 6 January, 2008 at 4:25 pm #

Kate rocks.


Kate O' on 6 January, 2008 at 4:26 pm #

Aw, shucks. It’s true what they say about you: you’re not too bad, for an asshat.

;)


badbadivy on 6 January, 2008 at 4:26 pm #

Kate, you are the BEST, seriously.


Kate O' on 6 January, 2008 at 4:26 pm #

Ha! That last comment was directed at JP, not Ginger. Ginger is rarely an asshat.

:)


Jeffraham Prestonian on 6 January, 2008 at 4:30 pm #

So, this is what adults compromising, working together looks like. Must… read… Chomsky! Must… listen… to Rachael…. Maddow!

:lol:
.


Newscoma on 6 January, 2008 at 4:32 pm #

Kate is a goddess.
I need to show her the picture that shows that I do indeed have a scar from the chick that stepped on my foot and punctured it where I ran into Karsten falling damn down and he thought I was going to stalk both of them).
(Private joke, but still I will post the injured foot where Karsten saved me from the evil girl in the four inchers who injured me for life.)
With that said, YAY KATE ‘O


GingerSnaps on 6 January, 2008 at 4:35 pm #

Ginger is rarely an asshat.

Of the many hats I wear, the ass hat is one I try not to wear too much…but when I do, I wear it well, baby. ;)


Newscoma on 6 January, 2008 at 4:44 pm #

Ginger,
Hee.


Jeffrey on 6 January, 2008 at 5:21 pm #

well done kateo.


ghost of christmas past on 6 January, 2008 at 5:24 pm #

Just change it to “no politics” so the worship bloggers can get their fix. I bet even that asshat Ror wouldn’t crash their party. Where is that bastard anyway?


Kate O' on 6 January, 2008 at 5:41 pm #

Not sure I get what you’re (jokingly?) suggesting, GoCP. Modifying the alternate feed so that it leaves in religion but still omits politics? I got the impression that the folks who wanted to avoid political topics also wanted to avoid religious topics for similar reasons — to enjoy a tavern-esque civility.

Is that different from your understanding?


ghost of christmas past on 6 January, 2008 at 6:27 pm #

That’s exactly what I’m suggesting, and I am not joking.

A lot of people post about worship related topics and activities and I would be surprised if there were not people that would enjoy getting those feeds without the political stuff.


Slartibartfast on 6 January, 2008 at 8:17 pm #

I bow low to you, good lady.

Genius.


Slartibartfast on 6 January, 2008 at 8:21 pm #

GingerSnaps on 6 January, 2008 at 8:29 pm #

ewwwwwwwww!

*snicker*


Eric on 6 January, 2008 at 11:14 pm #

Yuck, Slarti!! :)

Btw, how is everyone? I think I have been missing out on some good posts. :)


pam on 7 January, 2008 at 8:29 am #

I have to agree with Glen Dean. This is absurd. It’s like people are being forced to read and discuss politics and religion if they select the wrong feed? Pfffff!


Jim on 7 January, 2008 at 8:42 am #

Slartibartfast on 7 January, 2008 at 8:43 am #

pam - the non-political feed is called mcb-rainbowsunicorns.

Kind of hard to miss.


sadcox on 7 January, 2008 at 8:59 am #

While you guys are burning new feeds, how about a “comments” feed. It’s much easier to keep up with comment activity if I can do it through my reader.

I appreciate the option to receive comments through email, but a feed is much more convenient.


Number9 on 7 January, 2008 at 9:08 am #

Flame War Etiquette:

http://barb.velvet.com/humor/flaming.html

I have a PH.D dammit.

It was allegory.

You’re evil.

Guns are only for killing.

Your killing the planet.

What do you expect from a Winger?

You need to walk in their shoes.

That’s libelous.

A.) You can’t read.

B.) You can’t think

C.) You’re stupid


Slartibartfast on 7 January, 2008 at 9:31 am #

I would like to second sadcox’s suggestion. A comments feed would be nice.


nm on 7 January, 2008 at 9:40 am #

Thirded.


sadcox on 7 January, 2008 at 12:23 pm #

Three subscribers built in! I wish I could get that many subscribers to my comments! :P


dolphin on 7 January, 2008 at 12:32 pm #

A comment feed already exists. Just not a clear way to access it from the main site.


sadcox on 7 January, 2008 at 12:36 pm #

Thanks dolphin!


dolphin on 7 January, 2008 at 12:42 pm #

I also checked and found that feeds for comments on individual posts (as I’d suggested in the other thread) also already exist (for instance, this individual post’s feed can be found here) just need to have it hardcoded into the template.