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If you're interested in furthering RSS (and Atom, JSON Feed) - one way to help this along is to continue extending it to bring it modern. For instance, I've doc
by kickscondor 5y ago
If you're interested in furthering RSS (and Atom, JSON Feed) - one way to help this along is to continue extending it to bring it modern. For instance, I've documented an extension for adding temporary 'status' to the feed - useful for pinned posts or broadcasting that a livestream is beginning.
https://github.com/kickscondor/fraidycat/wiki/RSS-Atom-Extensions https://github.com/kickscondor/fraidycat/wiki/RSS-Atom-Exten...
It feels like there is still a lot of room to extend these formats - part of the advantage to them is how easily they can be extended. The media enclosure extension is the reason they've been so useful for podcast subscriptions.
- zozbot234 5y agoIt seems like a weird approach when the ActivityStreams spec is getting a lot more traction and semi-official endorsement.
- mkr-hn 5y agoIs there any implementation that doesn't require a server-side component? One big appeal of RSS is it's plain old XML that can come from anything over HTTP.
- zozbot234 5y agoActivityPub is the part that requires server-side logic. ActivityStreams is a more basic layer that can be entirely static or even serverless, and ActivityPub is built on it.
- kickscondor 5y agoI don’t enjoy ActivityPub related specs - they give me SOAP vibes - and I’ve struggled with interoperability. (Tried to make my blog act kind of like a Mastodon instance and the learning curve was just way too out there. I’m happy with feeds.)