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> For example, there is really no way to tell aggregators that you changed an article's path. Of course there is, just change the URL. Both Atom and RSS have t
by kevincox 3y ago
> For example, there is really no way to tell aggregators that you changed an article's path.
Of course there is, just change the URL. Both Atom and RSS have the concept of an "entry ID" which should never change, but anything else in the entry can just be updated (other than the published date I guess).
However this is easy to misunderstand because in RSS it is optional and in Atom people frequently use the URL as the ID and then accidently change that URL which according to the protocol is actually creating a new set of entries unrelated to the old ones.
In fact in the author's case it is very likely if they added items back to their feed with the old ID and new URL Feedly would update it. Although there is no way to undo duplicates and you shouldn't add back an entry that was removed from the feed (as it will appear new to subscribers that didn't know about the entry previously).
- 6510 3y agoNever change the article path without a redirect. If I honor you with a well deserved link to your article in a section that requires the context, insights and perspective you provide it should not be made into a mistake to be avoided next time. I should not have to do the work for you - because I wont.
- vdaea 3y agoThat's why when I write something that I think will be read for years to come I use archive links to link to other pages.
- 6510 3y agoI keep thinking I should archive everything but only link to it if the target goes missing. Could check every time it is clicked or scan for dead links. For a while I put magnet links under youtube videos. Got a mail from someone looking for a video for a long time. He found many pages with the deleted video on them, including mine.
- aendruk 3y agoYou’re preaching about the wrong issue. Arranging an HTTP redirect on your server won’t deduplicate records with mismanaged IDs in the aggregator.