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« Links March 5-12 2010 | Main | Waking up to reality »
12:08PM

A question for readers

I am once again wondering how best to handle the short links I bookmark on delicious (and which are then automatically tweeted) and that are listed on the sidebar. Which option do you prefer:

  1. The current occasional dumping of these links into a post;
  2. A more regular link dump, for instance daily no matter how few links there are;
  3. Integration into the normal blog post timeline, but in a less obtrusive way (i.e. no headlines, differentiation from regular posts, or even Angry Arab-style one-liners)
  4. Some other way?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Reader Comments (7)

Salut Issandr,
Personnellement je préfère les billets avec la liste des links et ce parce que tu mets souvent des petits commentaires à côté de chaque lien ce qui est fort bien utile. D’ailleurs je lis souvent ces petits commentaires au lieu des titres, ça permet d’avoir une idée sur le lien et son intérêt avant ce cliquer.
Ce qui me donne l’occasion de te remercier pour ce travail de veille, se sélection et de tri et la revue des liens indispensables, à mon sens, à quiconque s’intéresse au monde arabe.

Bonne journée .

PS : ah oui, désolé pour le français :) .

Mar 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM | Unregistered CommenterLarbi

a regular link dump would be great, even if it's one or two. I look forward to them, and even though I may not click on all, there's always something interesting, so if they're daily it would be better.

Mar 12, 2010 at 12:55 PM | Unregistered CommenterAM

I vote for #2. When the list gets too long, I don't really get a chance to look through it.

Thanks!

Mar 12, 2010 at 3:57 PM | Unregistered CommenterV.E.

#2

Mar 12, 2010 at 6:11 PM | Unregistered CommenterCos

I'd prefer either option 1 or option 3 Angry Arab style.

Btw, do you post your links manually or are they posted automatically through delicious? I have the second option on my blog, but am not pleased with the aesthetics.

Mar 15, 2010 at 10:45 AM | Unregistered CommenterIbn Kafka

Ibn Kafka,

Since I no longer use Wordpress, I now do it manually. I think from now on I will be posting the links more or less daily,with extra material not in the Delicious feed.

Mar 15, 2010 at 11:37 AM | Registered CommenterIssandr El Amrani

regular link dump would be great, even if it's one or two. I look forward to them, and even though I may not click on all, there's always something interesting, so if they're daily it would be better.

Dec 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM | Unregistered CommenterEimis

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