> An RSS feed is not a push. It's exactly the same as any other web page: you must pull on it to get the new content. Fair enough, though I think the semantic

> An RSS feed is not a push. It's exactly the same as any other web page: you must pull on it to get the new content. Fair enough, though I think the semantic distinction doesn't really address where I'm confused. My two main questions being 1) does every aggregator need a site's permission to use their RSS feed, and 2) why else would you publish an RSS feed if not to make your content accessible across other platforms / sources? An RSS feed is a pull, sure, but it seems like one is pulling content that the creator has put a "pull here" sign on.