I rarely see OTW posts elsewhere. I sometimes do on tumblr, but that's basically at random based on whether I happen to be scrolling at the right time. I do not use twitter.
This is about the only place I do ever see announcements, and tends to be where I click through to OTW posts or links. I rarely comment here, because I was under the impression that it was primarily for sharing information rather than a place for discussion, and that the comments wouldn't necessarily be monitored/responded to. If I want to comment, I comment on the actual OTW post. If any part of the volunteer labor concern has to do with feeling the need to monitor comments on the DW account, then perhaps disabling comments would remove at least that portion of it? That still leaves the need to write and share summaries and make the posts themselves, but at least it's a one-and-done task for each post rather than anything that creates ongoing work.
RSS feeds are fine when they work, but only being able to see posts up to a maximum of two weeks ago is pretty limiting.
Without the DW posts I think it's likely that I'd be in a similar boat to several other commenters: just a lot less likely to see any of the OTW communications.
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This is about the only place I do ever see announcements, and tends to be where I click through to OTW posts or links. I rarely comment here, because I was under the impression that it was primarily for sharing information rather than a place for discussion, and that the comments wouldn't necessarily be monitored/responded to. If I want to comment, I comment on the actual OTW post.
If any part of the volunteer labor concern has to do with feeling the need to monitor comments on the DW account, then perhaps disabling comments would remove at least that portion of it? That still leaves the need to write and share summaries and make the posts themselves, but at least it's a one-and-done task for each post rather than anything that creates ongoing work.
RSS feeds are fine when they work, but only being able to see posts up to a maximum of two weeks ago is pretty limiting.
Without the DW posts I think it's likely that I'd be in a similar boat to several other commenters: just a lot less likely to see any of the OTW communications.