What in the world is barryfail.com and why do our threads end up there?

[TennesseeRain]

http://barryfail.com/quote-of-the-da...tical-hotwire/



Do they just read what we write or is there a comment section?

[Amit]

Anyone can pull our rss feed...

[johnflesh]

[quote name='TennesseeRain' date='14 December 2009 - 04:59 PM' timestamp='1260831596' post='79640']

http://barryfail.com/quote-of-the-da...tical-hotwire/



Do they just read what we write or is there a comment section?

[/quote]



Its a program that reads via Political Hotwire's RSS feature and copies the text over and makes a post on that site, linking back to this one. The site is a "Daily Feed of Obama Failures from around the 'net" - "Barryfail" meaning Obama. They grab posts and text from many websites. Evidently there is enough suitable content on this site for us to have a strong presence on that site.

[TennesseeRain]

[quote name='PoliticalHotwire' date='14 December 2009 - 08:25 PM' timestamp='1260840327' post='79649']

Anyone can pull our rss feed...

[/quote]

Ah...I see now. Um...what's an "rss?"

[johnflesh]

[quote name='TennesseeRain' date='14 December 2009 - 07:28 PM' timestamp='1260840521' post='79655']

Ah...I see now. Um...what's an "rss?"

[/quote]

Really Simple Syndication

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

[Amit]

You don't use rss? jeez that's how 90% of my news comes my way. It's basically a news feed. Check our netvibes.com for one of the best rss systems out there. (and probably one of the more straighforward).



To make a long story short it's a format that is universal so basically any site with 'news' will publish something in this standardized format so that folks can grab them and display them in new and fun ways

[johnflesh]

[quote name='PoliticalHotwire' date='14 December 2009 - 07:31 PM' timestamp='1260840676' post='79659']

You don't use rss? jeez that's how 90% of my news comes my way. It's basically a news feed. Check our netvibes.com for one of the best rss systems out there. (and probably one of the more straighforward).



To make a long story short it's a format that is universal so basically any site with 'news' will publish something in this standardized format so that folks can grab them and display them in new and fun ways

[/quote]



I love netvibes! igoogle on steroids.

[TennesseeRain]

[quote name='PoliticalHotwire' date='14 December 2009 - 08:31 PM' timestamp='1260840676' post='79659']

You don't use rss? jeez that's how 90% of my news comes my way. It's basically a news feed. Check our netvibes.com for one of the best rss systems out there. (and probably one of the more straighforward).



To make a long story short it's a format that is universal so basically any site with 'news' will publish something in this standardized format so that folks can grab them and display them in new and fun ways

[/quote]

I'm beginning to see what you mean although I'm not so sure about the "fun" part.

[Davocrat]

[quote name='TennesseeRain' date='14 December 2009 - 05:59 PM' timestamp='1260831596' post='79640']

http://barryfail.com/quote-of-the-da...tical-hotwire/



Do they just read what we write or is there a comment section?

[/quote]



Says the author:

I created this blog as yet another place to aggregate some of the best political writing that the internet has to offer.

Then we're offered "the best political writing" from Phyllis Schlafly to U.S. Army Retired to Free Republic.



It's parody, obviously. Not quite The Onion, but I chuckled.

[Blah]

If it's automatic how does it filter the subject and content so well from multiple sites?