The problem with RSS is that to join the social media you need a server and normal people will never host servers. Even tech people don't like to host servers (

The problem with RSS is that to join the social media you need a server and normal people will never host servers. Even tech people don't like to host servers (see how many DBaaS and PaaS and hosted offerings of open-source server software exist). Because of that I think a standard that allows people to publish their own (cryptographically signed) things on a variety of publicly accessible servers (that could be restricted or not, have their own moderation policies or not, be paid or not or have other model) is the way forward: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr