Blog levels: like log levels, but for blogs

You've heard of log levels for a log... now get ready for blog levels for a blog:

bloglevel=ANNOUNCE
bloglevel=INFO / MAIN
bloglevel=DUMP / DETAILS

Levels

Blog level ANNOUNCE is similar to "Sign up for our low-volume announcements mailing list".

Blog level INFO / MAIN is your main level.

Blog level DUMP / DETAILS is for any post that is worth making in and of itself, but for which you feel concern that it would clutter your channel feed or reduce your signal-to-noise ratio.

These are merely some possibilities — define whatever makes sense for your own blogs.

Showing RSS feeds

One option:

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<details>
    <summary><small>RSS <span style="filter: grayscale(100%);">🛜</span></small></summary>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="/rss/bloglevel-ANNOUNCE.xml">RSS for bloglevel=ANNOUNCE<br />(low volume)</a></li>
        <li><a href="/rss/bloglevel-INFO.xml">RSS for bloglevel=INFO<br />(main) </a></li>
        <li><a href="/rss/bloglevel-DUMP.xml">RSS for bloglevel=DUMP<br />(more noise, less signal<br />— not recommended)</a></li>
    </ul>
</details>

e.g.:

Showing posts on your blog

Some options include:

• Don't link to any posts whose level is less than INFO, except via your /sitemap.xml and your /rss/bloglevel-DUMP.xml feed
• Link to them, but only inside a collapsed-by-default <details> element every now and then, e.g. with a <summary> like "See also: 23 misellaneous fragments dumped this month"

Posted 2024-01-01 , bloglevel=INFO