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Well, Atom has been around possibly longer than you've been alive. You can use it in any Atom/RSS reader. These were the OG blog syndication tools, they're plat
by hadlock 2y ago
Well, Atom has been around possibly longer than you've been alive. You can use it in any Atom/RSS reader. These were the OG blog syndication tools, they're platform/company independent and provide a standard interface. Atom was huge back in the webcomics era. You can use an Atom/RSS feed to build your own google news page, effectively, and carry/sync it between devices. I haven't used it in forever, but 15 years ago most every site offered feeds for both their entire site, and main sections
- sethammons 2y agoAtom was invented in 2005. I think the average user here is likely able to at least go to the bar and buy a drink. Email was invented in 1971; depending on how sloppy you want to be, that is the better part of a century ago. that is a point for email.
- karaterobot 2y agoThank you for thinking I'm not in my late 40s! I love RSS/Atom, I'm just wondering why I'd use this instead of email. I get that it's different, what I was asking was: what are the advantages of taking a native email newsletter and syndicating it through Atom instead, given that it the newsletter was made to be consumed via email, and everybody already has an email client?
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