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Ask 99.9% of Twitter users what RSS is, and I think you'll have an idea of the "leg up" that Twitter has. * Not to mention, even if folks knew what RSS was, th
by dabernathy89 11y ago
Ask 99.9% of Twitter users what RSS is, and I think you'll have an idea of the "leg up" that Twitter has.
* Not to mention, even if folks knew what RSS was, they don't necessarily want to host their own blog.
- gcr 11y agoTwitter already was tech jargon just a while ago. Maybe we just need the right marketing campaign. RSS = "I'm Ready for Some Stories!", the Oprah way: http://www.backinskinnyjeans.com/2006/09/how_to_explain_.html http://www.backinskinnyjeans.com/2006/09/how_to_explain_.htm...
- smt88 11y agoAsk 99.9% of Sticher/Pocket Casts/Overcast/iTunes users what RSS is. They'll have no idea, and yet those apps rely on RSS to subscribe to podcasts. The application can obfuscate the underlying technology. You don't need to know what RSS is to use it every day and love it, just as you don't need to know about DNS, TCP/IP, or most other internet technologies to enjoy the web.
- dabernathy89 11y agoOk, that makes sense, although the content creators for iTunes, etc, still often have to find out what RSS is. I'm still not sure what your point is - you said Twitter is trying to "be" RSS, but that's just the format, not the application. Twitter is not trying to aggregate content from elsewhere, either.
- laumars 11y ago> "Twitter is not trying to aggregate content from elsewhere, either." Maybe not directly, but they sure make it easy for third party sites to have "Share this article via Twitter" buttons.