> RSS was not a meaningful "social network" for any significant fraction of humanity Everyone who says this says it as if we've reached an agreement that when

> RSS was not a meaningful "social network" for any significant fraction of humanity Everyone who says this says it as if we've reached an agreement that when we're talking about RSS we're specifically excluding podcasts. I don't know why we're doing that. The podcasting ecosystem comprises a hugely successful social network (despite the shortcomings of the podcast syndication format—which could be alleviated by more pressure to transition to something more modern, like Atom, which already includes features that would make it possible to unlock even more of the types of things expected nowadays from social networks).