Unlike some sites, where the number of comments on a given article can reach triple-digits, most of the threads at johnaugust.com stay pretty short. Still, sometimes you want to keep on top of an interesting discussion without re-visiting the site every hour. That’s where RSS can be your friend.
On every article, down by the “Leave a comment” section, you’ll find a link for “RSS feed for comments on this post.”
If you click it, you’ll get gibberish. Rather, copy the link (which ends with ‘/feed/’) and paste it into your newsreader of choice (such as [Bloglines](http://bloglines.com/), [NetNewsWire](http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/), or the new [Safari RSS](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari/)). You’ll then get every comment on the article as it appears, without ever having to go back to check the original page. And when you’re done following a conversation, just delete the link. No fuss, no muss.
Incidentally, this technique works for almost any blog you visit. So definitely try to make use of it.
See also:
[Finding the RSS feeds](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2005/finding-the-rss-feeds)
[More about the RSS feeds](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/more-about-the-rss-feeds)