The BeyondDC Newsfeed is a simple RSS feed of urbanism-related headlines aggregated from regional news outlets. I am considering retiring it, primarily because it seems redundant in the Twitter age. Twitter is easier to update, and much more dymanic; multi-party conversations fly on Twitter in a way they never did with the blog-like comment listings on Newsfeed items. I can link to articles just as well on Twitter, but don’t feel guilty giving my opinion. I also have a feeling that Twitter reaches more people, although direct comparisons of readership are difficult.

So my preference is to do away with the Newsfeed and fold that functionality into increased tweets. However, I’d like some feedback. If large numbers of people are still using the Newsfeed (despite my poor treatment of it), I’ll reconsider.

If you have an opinion, please share. Comments are also welcome, naturally.

Update (1/27): The vote was pretty overwhelming in favor of keeping the Newsfeed, so it will be retained. I’ve started updating it again. Thanks for your feedback; it definitely made a difference.