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Poll Results: How Do You Read CHUD?

 
  • 67% (121)
    I go to the front page and read what's there.
  • 5% (9)
    I have an RSS feed.
  • 25% (46)
    I go to the message boards and click through to articles through MB threads.
  • 2% (4)
    I don't really read the front page, I just chat on the boards.
180 Total Votes  
post #51 of 76
10/27/09 at 9:11am
I always go to the main page first, even when I'm planning to visit the boards. But I agree with BobClark that the main page is getting more and more difficult to navigate.
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post #52 of 76
10/27/09 at 10:57am
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Originally Posted by Jacob Singer View Post
Front page first, usually click on every article, though I don't necessarily read each one to conclusion, depending on the topic. Then the forums.
Same here.
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post #53 of 76
10/27/09 at 11:18am
I am a Blackberry-using douchebag, so I read the front page every morning on the bus into work and every evening on the bus home. I use the forums at work occasionally depending on how my day is going, but I seldomly click on links in forum postings, not unless they a) have something to do with Avatar or b) are a topic I am actually interested in and I want it open for reference while I post. I have usually read all of the news before I get in, but depending on when things get posted that's another reason I go back into news items from the forums.
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post #54 of 76
10/27/09 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by Ludwig View Post
but I seldomly click on links in forum postings, not unless they a) have something to do with Avatar
looool
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post #55 of 76
10/27/09 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Usually 3. It's just easier to go to the CHUD.COM MAIN forum section than it is to check the main page, particularly if it's been a few days and stories have been pushed off. Once I'm on the main page, I continue on to whatever catches my eye there.
This.
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post #56 of 76
10/27/09 at 11:58am
I go to the front page and read what's there.

I mean, it's the portal for fuck sake. I don't jump to the middle of a magazine to start reading. I go from front to back.
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post #57 of 76
10/27/09 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
looool
Look, my righteous AVATAR indignation DOES NOT power itself. Without a constant source of fuel, my hatred withers and I feel... ambivalent... about the film. Which is unacceptable.
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post #58 of 76
10/27/09 at 12:34pm
RSS feed in the Bookmarks Toolbar of Firefox, so I jump right to the first story of interest. From there, I peruse the sidebar, and then hop to a forum topic, and then to "New Posts."

I realize now I rarely hit the homepage, and wind up reading most of the reviews/articles from the Forum links.
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post #59 of 76
10/27/09 at 12:35pm
Mostly I go to the main page and read everything first in the morning. Then, throughout the day, I'll pick up updates through twitter and usually read those on my phone's twitter client. When I'm all caught up on both twitter and the main page, THEN I hit the "New Posts" link on the boards.

I'd say 90% of my Internet use happens on my iPhone now. I'm chasing a toddler around all day, so it's pretty scattershot.
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post #60 of 76
10/27/09 at 1:38pm
Judging from those poll numbers, people would be amazed how much time and effort RSS feeds via Google Reader would save them.
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post #61 of 76
10/27/09 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge View Post
Judging from those poll numbers, people would be amazed how much time and effort RSS feeds via Google Reader would save them.
This.
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post #62 of 76
10/27/09 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge View Post
Judging from those poll numbers, people would be amazed how much time and effort RSS feeds via Google Reader would save them.
I tried this and got overwhelmed after adding a bunch of sites. It felt like it took days to pick through everything, and I'd still miss stuff. Point is, I suck.
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post #63 of 76
10/27/09 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge View Post
Judging from those poll numbers, people would be amazed how much time and effort RSS feeds via Google Reader would save them.
The way CHUD has its RSS feeds configured is to show the title of the article and the first few words (I believe). I tried having it set up in my Google reader but I found all I was doing was coming to the site anyways, so... That was a long time ago, so maybe things are different now?

I do notice that a lot of sites in my reader have now figured out how to incorporate ads directly into the RSS feeds, (not being able to do this may have been what was preventing CHUD from publishing more robust feed data I don't know, as if you don't have ads in your feed, people using the feed are not hitting the main site thus are not triggering ad impressions). Apparently, Scientology and nerd dating sites seem to be the only ones with money enough to advertise. At least according to AmericaBlog's feed :P
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post #64 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:10pm
I usually do #1 at home, #3 at work.

Also, like many, I utilize the chud "main boards" as a good tool for catching stories that have been pushed off the main page.

Because of the usually wonky search function for the site, if I'm looking for a recent article that is now gone from the front page, that's how I find it.


ETA: I did vote in the poll as well, didn't want to give off the impression I was ignoring it. Just figured the more data the better.
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post #65 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by joeypants View Post
I usually do #1 at home, #3 at work.
I'll do a #2 at work if there's nobody in the next stall.
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post #66 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by joeypants View Post
I usually do #1 at home, #3 at work.
#3, Set my sperm free!
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post #67 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) View Post
I hit the main page first, read the articles that are there, then I go to the forums. From there I check out articles based on the new posts in the main forum.
Yup. Though when I spend some days off (travelling a lot lately - not always with good connection), I also sweep the News Section later in case I missed something. Almost anything goes unread here!

Also, due that pesky timezones thing sometimes I get to catch the most recent news from the MBs. In fact, that timezones diversification shit is what you guys oughta solve first!!
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post #68 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:37pm
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Originally Posted by Ludwig View Post
The way CHUD has its RSS feeds configured is to show the title of the article and the first few words (I believe). I tried having it set up in my Google reader but I found all I was doing was coming to the site anyways, so... That was a long time ago, so maybe things are different now?

I do notice that a lot of sites in my reader have now figured out how to incorporate ads directly into the RSS feeds, (not being able to do this may have been what was preventing CHUD from publishing more robust feed data I don't know, as if you don't have ads in your feed, people using the feed are not hitting the main site thus are not triggering ad impressions). Apparently, Scientology and nerd dating sites seem to be the only ones with money enough to advertise. At least according to AmericaBlog's feed :P

Even with just story headlines though, a site feed at least tracks every update that occurs. I can walk through any of the feed lists I have middle button clicking and have a tab opened to every story/news update in a matter of seconds. And adding the Google reader widget to my Google home page, I see updates to any of the sites I monitor at a glance throughout the day. The current main page here suffers from stories being driven off the side bar rather quickly when several items hit at the same time, but I can be out of town for a week and all of the updates are organized in sequential order when I get back.

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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
I tried this and got overwhelmed after adding a bunch of sites. It felt like it took days to pick through everything, and I'd still miss stuff. Point is, I suck.
Google Reader can help you out here if you create some categorization folders for the feeds you're tracking, and set the view to "Display only New Items". That way you can decide when you feel like reading Movie news, Twitter feeds, Dwarf Fetish Sites etc. and everything you've viewed vanishes from your list magically after you've read them. Really the only problem I've run into has been just tracking too many feeds.
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post #69 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge View Post
Really the only problem I've run into has been just tracking too many feeds.
That's basically what mine was in a nutshell. I mean, the sheer amount of dwarf fetish RSS feeds is staggering.
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post #70 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by joeypants View Post
I usually do #1 at home, #3 at work.

Also, like many, I utilize the chud "main boards" as a good tool for catching stories that have been pushed off the main page.

Because of the usually wonky search function for the site, if I'm looking for a recent article that is now gone from the front page, that's how I find it.


ETA: I did vote in the poll as well, didn't want to give off the impression I was ignoring it. Just figured the more data the better.
Just didn't feel like doing #1 or #3 yesterday?
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post #71 of 76
10/27/09 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
That's basically what mine was in a nutshell. I mean, the sheer amount of dwarf fetish RSS feeds is staggering.
But not surprising.
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post #72 of 76
10/27/09 at 6:08pm
Pretty much 1 and 3
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post #73 of 76
10/27/09 at 8:14pm
How do I read CHUD? With my eyes closed! ha! Top that motherfuckers!
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post #74 of 76
10/27/09 at 8:22pm
I go to the front page and read what's there.

Front page is sex.
Message boards is the lets talk about who good it was.
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post #75 of 76
10/27/09 at 8:25pm
Nah, I'm just kidding, I love you guys!
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post #76 of 76
10/28/09 at 7:35am
Main page, followed by forums to catch anything i have missed.
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