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Then it's not a missing protocol. The protocol is RSS. They want some specific app that is doing a thing with RSS.
by nickelpro 1y ago
Then it's not a missing protocol. The protocol is RSS. They want some specific app that is doing a thing with RSS.
- maxbond 1y agoProtocols are normally built on top of other protocols. RSS could be the transport for "let me know." (Though my recommendation would be ActivityPub, XMPP, or email.) Whether that is a protocol or an application running over a protocol is semantics, either interpretation is valid.
- deathanatos 1y agoAny bog standard RSS app should work here. RSS, literally and with no modifications, solves the use-case outlined in the article. The URL is just a specific one-shot feed, and TFA's request is just a request for such a convention of one-shot feeds.
- yunwal 1y agoNo need for a separate protocol here. You can just read an rss feed until you get a hit on your filter and then stop reading it. Same data over the wire, just a different client.