xenForo RSS question

[MicroHellas]

Hello and Happy New Year,

Sorry in case I'm out of topic, but I'm just wondering if xenForo RSS gives only the title of the posts. No description, no details?? I know that they want to get clicks back to them, but just a title is not enought.

Maria

 

[Vincent_imported]

It gives title and date. I don't think a description.

 

[Floris]

A thread is listed as such:

<item>
      <title>Account Features Explained</title>
       <pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wetalknation.net/threads/account-features-explained.250050/</link>
       <guid>http://wetalknation.net/threads/account-features-explained.250050/</guid>
      <author>Floris</author>
       <dc:creator>Floris</dc:creator>
       <slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
</item>

 

[morshi101]

Hey, I have also noticed this thing. I had wanted to ask someone about this. I would like to know why the RSS does just give the title only and there is no description. May be that could be the plot to get maximum number of clicks. If that is the case then it is really a bad practice.

 

[fluidswork]

lol

 

[Floris]

I just checked RC3 for an update, there is no {content} you can remote use or other descriptions, etc. It's just the title and link to the source.

I wonder if this is a conscious decision, in order to avoid remote content scraping a bit.