Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #650
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
If you own a Laugh-Out-Loud Cats comic and also have a flickr account, will you find yours on flickr and note that it's yours in the comments? You don't have to, but it might be nice to know for posterity's sake. A lot of people have already done this, but if you would rather people not know, that's fine too. I completely understand.
Also, please note the new poll over there to the right. I'm curious about how people are reading these. RSS? Flickr? Something else? A combingation of the three? I suppose asking the question here on the blog will automatically skew the results, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
---UPDATE---
I had to reset the poll. I did it wrong. It's right now. Sorry. Thanks. Good night.
Just to be clear on how I voted...
ReplyDeleteI use my LiveJournal account to show me the new strips via the RSS feed.
But I don't look there. I immediately click on one and then scroll through flickr to the newest and go back. So I'm informed of them via RSS.
That's pretty much the same for me: I get them by RSS in Safari, then look at them in Flickr most of the time.
ReplyDeleteI read them via the Googlereader gadget on my iGoogle page (RSS feed), and them most of the time click through to flickr to read comments/see a larger version.
ReplyDeleteteh blog, then teh flickr to look at the details.
ReplyDeleteoh, and regarding this comic:
ReplyDelete1. trolls. too true.
2. izzat an old turkey buzzard?
Speaking of details, is this comic missing the H in Sunrays?
ReplyDeleteOr am I just not seeing it?
Oops. Just saw it. It's tiny!
ReplyDeleteFirefox: Ctrl-N, Alt, B, down x 6, Enter, O.
ReplyDeleteThat is: Open up a new window, Alt-B selects Bookmarks, down 6 times to get to group "Daily Cats", Enter to expand that, O to open all in tabs.
That brings up icanhascheezburger.com, cuteoverload.com, dailykitten.com, stuffonmycat.com, hobotopia.com, and three Vox blogs. Close each tab when caught up. On Hobotopia, scroll down to oldest unread cartoon, click on it, then read the cartoons in chronological order.
I was wondering: is there a reason why you post the comics on both the blog and Flickr? I find that it's a little confusing about where to go when you want to read what others said about them. Have you found posting them on Flickr gives you some extra exposure, or other benefits?
ReplyDeleteJust curious.
Thanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good question, Dan, and no one has asked it before. Flickr has really dynamic features like sets and stats that I can't do without. It's sort of my base of operations with the blog as an outpost on the frontier. If that makes sense.
I find out there are new posts through my google reader feed, then usually jump right to the blog, then click through to flickr so I can see the pics better. Plus, the comics are so good I like to see them three times.
ReplyDeleteDitto to Timmo's comment.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that you are doing one a day. I've kinda always thought "This is a comic, we should just get one a day" I read somewhere once that Scott Adams has a backlog of comics so that when he goes on vacation or doesn't feel like working, he can just keep sending them in for a month or more. :)
ReplyDeleteWhy not keep doing the one a day thing long term? It just makes us addicted to them even more.
I have the Hobotopia blog's RSS feed in Google Reader and then I click the comic image and it loads up Flickr.
ReplyDeleteI've debated just using your Flickr feed but then I realized you post everything here too and I love your blog posts. I do visit the actual pages of your blog and Flickr page too.
I do pretty much all three. The RSS feed alerts me to new postings, then I usually go to Flickr after that. I do also check the blog for your news and updates, though.
ReplyDeleteI read it exclusively though Bloglines. If there's something specially special, then I'll click through to the blog to comment, or to Flickr to either print it or save to my wallpaper folder. No disrespect to Flickr, but it just seems too big and impersonal. I can't explain why.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I also view you comics through my "on the mantle" feed every day.
Also, you've already posted it, but:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xeromusic/2086077050/
I read the RSS feed, but I click on each image to see it on Flickr as well. It's easier to see the details, and I have fun reading the comments, especially when I don't understand the joke. :)
ReplyDeleteI have commented on the three comics I own, as requested. Teh flickr tagz helped immensely!
ReplyDeleteTeh othr haff is a geek, as you can tell. But I have spent years translating so the answer is:
ReplyDeleteOn the blog.
:)
I would hate only one K&P per day -- can't we have as many as Adam draws? (minus one or two to cover days when he's not LOLcatting). How about 3 or so?
I like the blog b/c it has other stuff that's not strictly K&P or even Ape's art. The photos and video he finds/posts are extra entertainment -- sometimes food for thought, sometimes just funny. Even the news and updates have cool photos with them.
I feel like Zac does about Flickr.
Well, this is a little late (late mid-March), but I read your strips all ways--blog, rss, flickr. And I get flickr alerts, but by the time they arrive, I've already seen it the first three ways. I refresh, too. A lot. In case I miss something (like this poll).
ReplyDeleteAlso, and I know this is greedy, I agree with #19. One is never enough; three might be a good compromise. (Time for Kitteh/Pip Anon?) Comments from this diamond bright community you've gathered here always warms my cockles, too. Group hug to all.
Awww. Thanks Mary! :-)
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