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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:37:26 -0700
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Subject: Re: [RPG Blog Alliance] [RPG Blog Alliance Announcements] RPGBA
 Update Q1 2012
From: Jeff <kd7...@gmail.com>
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These would be in addition to the main feed. Breaking things into Genres
would be a good idea. And we could clearly do some of the more popular
games. I doubt we could manage all the possible games. To me as long as
more than say four or five people would use a category then it's something
we should consider.

As far as doing a little bit of everything, I understand. As a matter of
fact, a category such as "General" or similar  , may be good here, although
everyone may select that for their blog.

Overall, this is one topic that will require a lot of discussion before I
start trying to code it.

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:14, Francis Bousho <dungeonb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Some categories I can think of off the top of my head include reviews,
> various categories for games (such as 3.5 DnD, Pathfinder, Spirit of the
> Century), general rpg advice. That sort of thing. We could also break
> things up into different genres, horror gaming, fantasy, sci-fi, indie, etc.
>
> The problem comes in that some of us do a little of everything.
>
> Also, would these categories be in addition to the master feed or would
> they replace the master feed?
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Bonemaster <kd7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Fellow Members,
>>
>> It's been roughly about one year since the RPG Blog Alliance was started.
>> I happy to report that we have seen a lot of new members, as of this
>> writing, we have 369 active site feeds. I have to admit that's more than I
>> ever thought we would have. As many of you may know, when I started it, I
>> thought we would have maybe 100 or so sites. So, it makes me happy to see
>> so many.
>>
>> With this size of course has come certain problems. Recently, we have
>> have had a lot of automated site entries from spam sites. For you end
>> users, you have not noticed this as we had both an email verify and an
>> administrator verify required before any site was polled by the system. We
>> did however get something on the order of one thousand automated entries.
>> We had to do something about that of course. We decided we would implement
>> a simple captcha system when sites would be submitted. This has worked very
>> well and has not so far prevented anyone from submitting their site for
>> verification.
>>
>> The other problem we face is one of sheer size of the current RSS feed.
>> Right now we get about 112 post per day on average. That's quite a lot to
>> look through. There has been a request to have categories. It seems that
>> having different categories provide different feeds would be a good way to
>> limit the number of posts to sort through. The question is how do you
>> assign categories? The current school of though here is allow each site to
>> choose up to three categories that they would want to be listed in. This
>> would prevent someone from simply listing themselves in all the categories.
>> The real question then becomes what categories do we need? Which is where I
>> would need you help in coming up with possible categories.
>>
>> In other news, I have submitted and am currently waiting for an approval
>> on a little RPGBA gathering at GenCon 2012 on Saturday at 3pm. It's mostly
>> to just get together face to face with some of the members. As soon as it
>> gets approved, I'll let everyone know what the event id is so those going
>> to GenCon can find it.
>>
>> - Jeff
>>
>> --
>> Posted By Bonemaster to RPG Blog Alliance Announcements<http://rpgba.blogspot.com/2012/03/rpgba-update-q1-2012.html>at 3/20/2012 10:06:00 AM
>
>
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These would be in addition to the main feed. Breaking things into Genres wo=
uld be a good idea. And we could clearly do some of the more popular games.=
 I doubt we could manage all the possible games. To me as long as more than=
 say four or five people would use a category then it&#39;s something we sh=
ould consider.=A0<br>
<br><div>As far as doing a little bit of everything, I understand. As a mat=
ter of fact, a category such as &quot;General&quot; or similar =A0, may be =
good here, although everyone may select that for their blog.=A0</div><div><=
br>
</div><div>Overall, this is one topic that will require a lot of discussion=
 before I start trying to code it.</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"=
>On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:14, Francis Bousho <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:dungeonb...@gmail.com">dungeonb...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wro=
te:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Some categories I can think of off the top o=
f my head include reviews, various categories for games (such as 3.5 DnD, P=
athfinder, Spirit of the Century), general rpg advice. That sort of thing. =
We could also break things up into different genres, horror gaming, fantasy=
, sci-fi, indie, etc.<br>

<br>The problem comes in that some of us do a little of everything.<br><br>=
Also, would these categories be in addition to the master feed or would the=
y replace the master feed?<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Bonemaster <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kd7...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">kd=
7...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Greetings Fellow Members,=
<br>
<br>
It&#39;s been roughly about one year since the RPG Blog Alliance was starte=
d. I happy to report that we have seen a lot of new members, as of this wri=
ting, we have 369 active site feeds. I have to admit that&#39;s more than I=
 ever thought we would have. As many of you may know, when I started it, I =
thought we would have maybe 100 or so sites. So, it makes me happy to see s=
o many.<br>


<br>
With this size of course has come certain problems. Recently, we have have =
had a lot of automated site entries from spam sites. For you end users, you=
 have not noticed this as we had both an email verify and an administrator =
verify required before any site was polled by the system. We did however ge=
t something on the order of one thousand automated entries. We had to do so=
mething about that of course. We decided we would implement a simple captch=
a system when sites would be submitted. This has worked very well and has n=
ot so far prevented anyone from submitting their site for verification.<br>


<br>
The other problem we face is one of sheer size of the current RSS feed. Rig=
ht now we get about 112 post per day on average. That&#39;s quite a lot to =
look through. There has been a request to have categories. It seems that ha=
ving different categories provide different feeds would be a good way to li=
mit the number of posts to sort through. The question is how do you assign =
categories? The current school of though here is allow each site to choose =
up to three categories that they would want to be listed in. This would pre=
vent someone from simply listing themselves in all the categories. The real=
 question then becomes what categories do we need? Which is where I would n=
eed you help in coming up with possible categories.<br>


<br>
In other news, I have submitted and am currently waiting for an approval on=
 a little RPGBA gathering at GenCon 2012 on Saturday at 3pm. It&#39;s mostl=
y to just get together face to face with some of the members. As soon as it=
 gets approved, I&#39;ll let everyone know what the event id is so those go=
ing to GenCon can find it.<br>


<br>
- Jeff
<br><br>--<br>
Posted By  Bonemaster  to  <a href=3D"http://rpgba.blogspot.com/2012/03/rpg=
ba-update-q1-2012.html" target=3D"_blank">RPG Blog Alliance Announcements</=
a>  at  3/20/2012 10:06:00 AM </blockquote></div><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>

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