Cutting to the chase

Is anyone using Kinja? No, seriously. After all of this development and the code names, how many people use it on a daily/semi-daily basis? How many use an aggregator?
I guess I’m wondering why I don’t use it anymore. I tried to visit the site for a while, viewing some weblogs I wanted to test, but eventually I just stopped visiting. I guess, I really don’t see how it’s different than the old BlogHog (now Blogit) or any other online (either on your server or hosted) rss/atom viewer.
Is the only difference really it being a Nick Denton project? Seriously.
I think it’s a beautiful site, I think it has it’s use, but it’s not for me. I’m not trying to kick the pot, or just piss on Nick’s success. How does it build the whole Gawker brand? Is it just providing a free service, like Blogger? I can’t imagine that it’s a huge ad revenue source. But then again, this is my opinion and not based on any hard numbers or sources.

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3 Responses to “Cutting to the chase”

  1. I was disappointed once Kinja launched. After all the build-up, there wasn’t much of a payoff. So much so that I never even bothered to get a user account – it just seems pointless.

  2. I tried it out, but never really used it. It’s just not for me, which is fine, I need an aggregator I can hack at.

  3. I had a hard time finding a use for it. I signed up for it when it was new — no special reason, I just like shiny thing — but could never figure out what niche it was intended to fill.
    If you go with the theory that syndication is a way to deliver content rapidly and effeciently, putting it into a cruft filled page defeats the purpose. I have a desktop aggregator that does it far better and for remote uses I run a set of simple scripts that I have configured to present the feeds in a compact and customized way. I expect that those of use who care about RSS/Atom care enough to use a dedicated application (either web or freestanding) and as far as others go; put it this way, my mother (a confirmed news junkie) wouldn’t touch Kinja with a ten foot pole.
    So who, exactly, besides Dentons advertisers do they serve?