The Jed Report - Latest Comments in Requesting Your Feedback

Re: Requesting Your Feedback

Jennifer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:08:31 -0000

I love it - much better than raw story :)

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Malcolm — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:06 -0000

I guess my question to you is, doesn't Raw Story fill this function on the net?

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Lucky Strike — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:26:51 -0000

Can't say the change is appealing - like what you have now, being clear, easy to navigate, instinctively organised.

As for content, again, what you have now works fine, especially clear blog feeds and news feeds.

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mikecoatl — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:23:19 -0000

I think the headlines should be in a sidebar, or in the tabs, similar to what you have now. The Drudge format has been overdone.

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JMA — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:10:42 -0000

Honestly, I've always thought Drudge was a dreadfully ugly POS. Organize your headlines better than he does and I'll pop in.

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Kate — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:05:53 -0000

http://politics.alltop.com aggregates feeds and lets you mouse over and look at the (partial) content of posts without clicking through (Jed is on there). I really like doing that, rather than clicking through on everything. I personally think your time is better spent on your very good blogging! Alltop makes it easy enough to see what everyone else is writing.

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JerfyT — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:55:47 -0000

I think its a great idea, and I like the new BETA format a lot.

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Darick — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:36:18 -0000

Your site is a daily favorite of mine, and the ease of popping on and seeing the most recent headline is best. I like scrolling down through what's interesting. I am a regular Huff Post reader as well, so being directed there when I'm checking out your site seems redundant.

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Stijn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:33:32 -0000

Needs more "..." and "developing...".

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henry dribble — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:07:16 -0000

I like it. a lot.

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marcia — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:03:07 -0000

I like it overall, but:
• the bold font for the quick link is hard to read
• take off the murderous mom story and other "news feed" items. What I look for from Jed Report is your POV -- don't water that down.
• I'd like to see the 3-tabs for TJR Blog Entries, Blogfeeds and Newsfeeds stay on the top of the first page somehow. Perhaps a bigger left-hand column with 2 smaller ones of quick links to the right (instead of the 3 equal width columns of quick links in the current beta)? I like the easy access to a variety of sources.

Keep up the great work!!!!

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Jonze — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:58:59 -0000

Drudge has been very successful, but aping the look though offering the left perspective will seem gimmicky.

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angryxer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:56:28 -0000

I agree with the many commenters who dislike the "Drudgification" of the beta. Like others here, I go elsewhere for headlines, and come here for your POV, and I worry that you're burying all of your great content in this format. I really miss your "Stuff I Should Have Blogged" section, which made a brief reappearance post-Huffpo then disappeared again. I clicked through to a ton of those links. So perhaps there's some way to expand upon that kind of setup while still maintaining all the best elements that keep your site great?

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Kit — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:36:22 -0000

I like the layout. Would love our own Drudge

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johnwest — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:32:59 -0000

Your old page is excellent. No need to change it in my opinion.

Somehow I lost track of how to look through your archive file. Is there a way to do this?

Keep up the great work. I love your sense of humor. That is what is above all so great about your site (of course, videos too). Of course, McSame Palin have just been so laughable. They never stop giving us fodder for laughs and humor.

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Stephen C. Rose — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:24:53 -0000

I tried doing exactly this and found that doing it daily took at least two hours and because my blog is Obama focussed I began to sense that the non-campaign related links were more a credit to my smart choices than a service to readers :) I ended up modifying it radically and creating a single page daily that I build all day. My modest traffic doubled. I think simple is best.

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Kiwi — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:13:37 -0000

I like your site the way it is and prefer it to any of the others I've visited. The videos at the top are great, you can see right away if things have been updated since an earlier visit. Your latest blogs are easily accessible, I also look at the "stuff I wish I'd blogged" to check out other important stories, and use several of your links to get to other sites. The new site looks a lot like Huffington, which I like a lot less. I have to search all over the place to find things there (which is probably the idea so I see their ads).

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Terry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:41 -0000

Your current format is great for me. I use it as my information home page. I love to see the videos right up at the top. I use the tabs all the time. They make it so easy to check out the headlines at all the various blogs and newsfeeds.

Please don't Drudgify your site. We don't need anymore screaming headlines telling us what to think about the story we haven't yet read. Your site is so much better than that.

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piktor — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:33:04 -0000

Jed,

The old style is better because it is you. The new expanded style is automatically associated with Drudge, therefore, not JedReport-caliber.

Your "old" blog style is fun because it is in your image.

The new style has to adapt to your old style not the other way around. Bigger, louder is not automatically better.

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johnwest — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:32:45 -0000

Is the Mocking McCain 4.0 video gone for good? Your link no longer works. I never got to see it. Any ideas where it can be found?

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Andrew Meeks — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:23:56 -0000

The content you link is very interesting.

As for the layout... It's functional. I don't think I'll have any problems with it, but it's not amazing either.
But hey, who knows? I didn't take to the new facebook right away either, and now i love it :-)

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Sx66gns — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:12:48 -0000

Also , One of the best things about the Jed report is the tab with other blogs rss , I love this as I don't have to surf many blogs , I use this as a collective source for web pages , which is great! thank you.

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ezpz — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:12:46 -0000

Having read many of these great comments, I see where being Drudge-like might not be such a good thing.
I think the idea of having the two pages and combining them is overall a good one to attract new visitors, but maybe you can reverse it and put your original blog site on top and the headline one underneath.
That way, the first impression of your site for newbies is the authenticity that is you, and for your regulars who "love you just the way you are", it's still the same, but more.

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Straw — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:06:54 -0000

Mixed feelings about the new layout. I like the idea. I like simple layouts. I don't like sports or cultural content. I don't like screaming headlines and don't need the photos.

You bury the best part of the site: you.

I'd try it with the 6 to 10 links you like the best at the top but with very little fanfare. And I'd lose either the left or right side columns. Too. Much. Info.

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Soren Burkhart — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:06:47 -0000

Jed, I like your current format.

The main reason I come here is to see your opinion on things and the links to other articles that you have found interesting.

I was never a fan of the Drudge report format, it always seemed like a mindless amalgam of conservative news sound-bites. But I guess he is focusing on his base! :-)