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RSS is terrible as a format (Atom is much better), but RSS is awesome as an idea. If your web site were a database, RSS would be like WAL. If your website were

by nine_k 1y ago

RSS is terrible as a format (Atom is much better), but RSS is awesome as an idea. If your web site were a database, RSS would be like WAL. If your website were differentiable, it would be like its derivative, or rather a Lagrangian, taken at the moment of last update. (BTW all serious static site generators know how to produce an RSS/Atom feed.)

DamnInteresting 1y ago
We should popularize a JSON-based alternative, we'll call it "Absurdly Simple Syndication."
- nine_k 1y ago
  How about JSON Enhanced Syndication and Tracking?
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- advisedwang 1y ago
  Because the main content of a blog post is an article, markup actually works really nicely. Although I suppose you could embed HTML in a JSON string
- DonHopkins 1y ago
  And instead of "feeds", call them "holes". And instead "subscriptions", they're "heads up". Dave Winer's would be the biggest with the most! https://web.archive.org/web/20070910131413/http://news.com.com/2009-1032_3-5059006.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070910131413/http://news.com.c...
pentagrama 1y ago
I like the general term "Web feed" as an umbrella term, I found about that on this article https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-web-feeds https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-web-feeds Also that blog has some other good related articles: - What is RSS: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-rss https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-rss - What is Atom: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-atom https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-atom - What is JSON feed: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-json-feed https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-json-feed - What are feed readers: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-feed-readers https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-feed-readers - What is OPML: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-opml https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-opml
rawling 1y ago
Your site's RSS feed is just another view of the items on your site, no? It's the RSS _reader_ that "differentiates" it for you?

by nine_k 1y ago

DamnInteresting 1y ago

We should popularize a JSON-based alternative, we'll call it "Absurdly Simple Syndication."

nine_k 1y ago
How about JSON Enhanced Syndication and Tracking?
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
advisedwang 1y ago
Because the main content of a blog post is an article, markup actually works really nicely. Although I suppose you could embed HTML in a JSON string
DonHopkins 1y ago
And instead of "feeds", call them "holes". And instead "subscriptions", they're "heads up". Dave Winer's would be the biggest with the most! https://web.archive.org/web/20070910131413/http://news.com.com/2009-1032_3-5059006.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070910131413/http://news.com.c...

pentagrama 1y ago

I like the general term "Web feed" as an umbrella term, I found about that on this article https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-web-feeds https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-web-feeds Also that blog has some other good related articles: - What is RSS: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-rss https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-rss - What is Atom: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-atom https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-atom - What is JSON feed: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-json-feed https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-json-feed - What are feed readers: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-feed-readers https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-are-feed-readers - What is OPML: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-opml https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/what-is-opml

rawling 1y ago

Your site's RSS feed is just another view of the items on your site, no? It's the RSS _reader_ that "differentiates" it for you?