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tl;dr: * RSS is awesome * OP wrote an "RSS Discovery Engine"[1] that "[...]works by taking the URL to a blog, or any site with an RSS feed, and examining all

tl;dr: * RSS is awesome * OP wrote an "RSS Discovery Engine"[1] that "[...]works by taking the URL to a blog, or any site with an RSS feed, and examining all the posts in the blog’s RSS feed for links to other sites. When a link to another site is found, it’s inspected to see if it also has an RSS feed. If the new site has an RSS feed, then it’s added to the results list.[...]" [1]https://rdengine.herokuapp.com/ https://rdengine.herokuapp.com/

0des 5y ago
I wish RSS discovery were better. I got so angry one time when I left my prepaid mobile data on and accidentally downloaded 12 of the same introductory episode because I had auto-download turned on and Wondery podcast network put out a preview on all 12 feeds I was subscribed to of theirs. It frustrated me enough to look at ways I could support RSS and introduce a new means of discovery, but as it turns out, RSS is a finished spec and the authors requested that any changes to the spec happen under a new protocol and a new name. I ended up creating a new feed spec I've been cobbling together that supports better discovery. Check it out, https://readme.loud.so/ https://readme.loud.so/ the TL;DR is that feeds can be treated as a show feed with a singular show, or as a network feed with multiple shows, allowing for a feed player consuming the new feed to provide UI elements that let a user select which of the network's shows they'd like to subscribe to, as well as a means to prompt the user when a new show is added to the network feed. Also big shouts out to the podcast2.0 community who has been very welcoming along the way, they are doing great things within the confines of RSS as it stands.
- tored 5y ago
  RSS is a finished specification but it does support extensions.
  - 0des 5y ago
    Indeed! I highly recommend everyone to check out what the Podcast2.0 people are doing, it's really impressive.
    - xrd 5y ago
      It is a little ironic that the first link in DDG is a medium article but oh well. https://medium.com/@everywheretrip/an-introduction-to-podcasting-2-0-3c4f61ea17f4 https://medium.com/@everywheretrip/an-introduction-to-podcas... This is, indeed, fascinating. It's cool that they have a micro-payment idea with Bitcoin lighting network.
      - RNCTX 5y ago
        More than a little, and associating with crypto is a way to stay irrelevant.
- xrd 5y ago
  It's cool but if we are going to use a new format (JSON) then it feels like there isn't a good reason to consider others like TOML. Or graphql-ish queries even.

0des 5y ago

I wish RSS discovery were better. I got so angry one time when I left my prepaid mobile data on and accidentally downloaded 12 of the same introductory episode because I had auto-download turned on and Wondery podcast network put out a preview on all 12 feeds I was subscribed to of theirs. It frustrated me enough to look at ways I could support RSS and introduce a new means of discovery, but as it turns out, RSS is a finished spec and the authors requested that any changes to the spec happen under a new protocol and a new name. I ended up creating a new feed spec I've been cobbling together that supports better discovery. Check it out, https://readme.loud.so/ https://readme.loud.so/ the TL;DR is that feeds can be treated as a show feed with a singular show, or as a network feed with multiple shows, allowing for a feed player consuming the new feed to provide UI elements that let a user select which of the network's shows they'd like to subscribe to, as well as a means to prompt the user when a new show is added to the network feed. Also big shouts out to the podcast2.0 community who has been very welcoming along the way, they are doing great things within the confines of RSS as it stands.

tored 5y ago
RSS is a finished specification but it does support extensions.
- 0des 5y ago
  Indeed! I highly recommend everyone to check out what the Podcast2.0 people are doing, it's really impressive.
  - xrd 5y ago
    It is a little ironic that the first link in DDG is a medium article but oh well. https://medium.com/@everywheretrip/an-introduction-to-podcasting-2-0-3c4f61ea17f4 https://medium.com/@everywheretrip/an-introduction-to-podcas... This is, indeed, fascinating. It's cool that they have a micro-payment idea with Bitcoin lighting network.
    - RNCTX 5y ago
      More than a little, and associating with crypto is a way to stay irrelevant.
xrd 5y ago
It's cool but if we are going to use a new format (JSON) then it feels like there isn't a good reason to consider others like TOML. Or graphql-ish queries even.