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Figure 1: Daddy’s interest has been piqued…and is disappointed by the lack of apostrophe for ‘Papas attention’.
Extra, Extra! Read All About It!
Readers!
Have you found it highly inconvenient to find out if there is a newly published Median Duck post? If yes, then fear no more!1
You can now be e-mailed as to when a new post has been published. Simply use the RSS feed information associated with this site, and use feedrabbit.com to be e-mailed as to when there is a new post. Other RSS feed e-mailers are available (follow.it, blogtrottr).
Signing up can be achieved in 2 simple steps! 2
- Choose your preferred RSS feed e-mailer platform: feedrabbit.com, follow.it or blogtrottr.
- Signing up to these services may be required.
- In the “URL of a feed or web site” input field (or similarly labelled), provide the following address: https://bluevolvo87.github.io/themedianduck/index.xml.
Or you can use this Little (Alex Horne) Hack
Some considerations:
- Additional steps to sign up and confirm usage of these RSS feed e-mailers may be required.
- By going with a external third party RSS e-mailer, The Median Duck does not have access to your e-mail address or personal information that you provided.
- This is great for readers who do not want to share their details with a mysterious blog poster who has questionable stats, writing and musical skills.
- These dedicated third party e-mailers also allow for the reader to control the frequency in which they receive e-mails.
- The reader can control how frequently they are spammed, and confounded by the contents featured on this blog.
Figure 2: The Taskmaster himself giving an accurate portrayal of how to subscribe to The Median Duck feed…
Be the First to Say “First!”
Readers!
Have you ever wanted to:
- interact with the writer of The Median Duck, but still remain safely anonymous?
- interact with rest of The Median Duck community (henceforth known as “The Flock”)?
- share your opinion on a Median Duck post?
- point out incoherent (and correct) English that frequently occurs on this blog?
- violently object to a statistical method or conclusion that is being stated?
- add a redundant “First!” comment on a Median Duck post?
…then look no further! Commenting on posts has now been enabled for The Median Duck.
Thanks to cusdis, a “lightweight, privacy-first, open-source comment system”, all posts now have a comment section at the very bottom of the page.
Figure 3: How I anticipate the comment section to progress over time.
Some considerations:
- No additional sign up is required to yet another third party website.
- The Median Duck doesn’t store any private information on the commenter.
- You (the reader) can stay anonymous behind the safety of your own screen!
- Trolls and spammers can also rejoice at the low barrier of commenting entry.
- Comments will be vetted and reviewed by the webmaster:
- Readers can no doubt expect some biased comment selection here.
Figure 4: The Flock’s Mantra on The Median Duck.
The following resources were incredibly useful in enabling this commenting feature:
What Have We Learnt Today?
Figure 5: The seal of approval from the Little man himself.
We’ve learnt:
- How to never miss out on a Median Duck post!
- Readers have been instructed on how to get e-mailed on latest post via an RSS feed.
- A commenting feature has been enabled on The Median Duck!
- Readers can now object to the content being posted, and provide redundant comments such as “First!”, or “Come to Brazil!!!!”.
- The Median Duck is not interested in readers’ personal information and respects their privacy!
- The Median Duck is also a lazy cheapskate, favouring (free) open source third party platforms, and making his readers do all the work in terms of subscribing to a feed.
- The Median Duck community is henceforth known as The Flock.