Rant against Scribd.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 3 comments link this postI'm not ranting against Scribd.com; I use it a lot, now, and have found it a handy way to provide documents to my readers both as the PDF files in the original posts and as an organize collection accessible by an easy link. I frequently include links to the blog posts that use the documents, so everything works out nice and tidy.
Scribd has also let me provide a feed for readers to subscribe to, so that they have instant access to uploaded documents whether or not they happen to catch them in whatever blog post I used them in. I can also keep some documents private and share the link with just those I wish to have view the documents. This has been useful numerous times.
So Scribd. I think it's neato.
Nevertheless, some are not happy with it, as you can read here: Die, Scribd, Die
Lotta rage. Anyone who uses/posts links to documents in Scribd are idiots, and worse.
I can appreciate that. I go off on a rant periodically. But...I just had to leave a comment.*
* The comment is awaiting moderation as of blog publishing time. Here is what I wrote (pardon the words -- it matches the rest of the comments and the original blog post):
"an idiot will post a link to a document there"
I use Scribd quite a bit, offering both a PDF file as well as a link to Scribd. Some people don't like the forced start of an app to read the PDF. Plus, I can embed the Scribd doc in my blog posts.
I've found it a convenient way to organize docs online by categories, etc. and provide an RSS feed to my readers. So, I can, instead of linking to all individual posts where they might find, for example, free project sheets, just link to the Scribd folder. There's all kinds of handy things about it.
But if you just want to go f**k Scribd, I guess that'd give you something fun to do for about a minute.
Whatever.
Labels: internet
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 8/29/2008 06:04:00 PM
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3 Comments:
It's approved now. :)
BTW, I hope you realize it's not _you_, personally, being called an idiot.
By 
Bill, at
29/8/08 18:53
I'M TAKING IT AS ME PERSONALLY BEING CALLED AN IDIOT.
Uh, no. I didn't take it personally. No worries.
But I got a good laugh out of your post and the comments that followed. I love a good rant every now and then.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
29/8/08 20:58
...besides, I see you have a follow-up post.
(But I still find Scribd handy. I'm not techie enough to know that I shouldn't.)
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
29/8/08 21:06
