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I've been looking for scholarly RSS feeds for a service I'm building (https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data
by afandian 9y ago
I've been looking for scholarly RSS feeds for a service I'm building (https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/). Most sites still seem to have them. But a few are going facebook-only or twitter-only for feed syndication. It's a worrying hint that content providers are starting to forget about the DIY approach to feed consumption toward homogenised, gate-kept ones.
- dredmorbius 9y agoContact those sources directly and tell them this. Direct feedback matters. I'd also strongly recommend a fair bit of (even-handed) public commentary. I've had fairly good results with this. A CBC programme ("Ideas" with Paul Kennedy) had blocked "commercial" podcast apps from using it. I groused, got a few Canadian news outlets to pick this up, and the feeds were restored after a few months. I'm working with the creator of the Online Etymology Dictionary over some recent site redesign, and that looks like it may be positive. Not all sites are similarly responsive, and I've also ... on occasion ... been somewhat less than gentle in my criticisms (most especially with Google). But really, do make the mention.