Caleb Hailey
@calebhailey.com
I'm loving all of this momentum around #RSS!
Really Simple Conversations (RSC) is a great name too. 👌
RSC — Really Simple Conversations
Open feeds become one live social timeline. Publish here or on your own site; meet as equals.
Caleb Hailey
@calebhailey.com
Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of enshittification, there is a push to reclaim our feeds and networks. Good news: there’s a tool that’s been around for decades that can help wrangle many of your feeds into something manageable: Really Simple Syndication, more commonly known as RSS.
Caleb Hailey
@calebhailey.com
I noticed my following feed was broken earlier this week. It turns out it's been broken since the updated site went live at the beginning of the year. Whoops! 😅
The issue was with my static site generator and how it was parsing OPML data files. With that fixed I can now drop a lightly modified OPML file (with paywalled #RSS feeds removed) into a data folder and get an auto-generated following page. 🤌🏽
This whole idea was inspired by this @anildash.com blog post that I think about way too often.
The lost infrastructure of social media. - Anil Dash
• @anildash.comA blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Caleb Hailey
@calebhailey.com
Speaking of #RSS, I love this piece by @anildash.com.
I've always wondered if one of the biggest differences in adoption between podcasts and text-based RSS feeds is that "podcast" has a catchy ring to it, and "really simple sindication" does not. Neither does "RDF site summary". It makes me further wonder if @textcasting.org (by @scripting.com) is more important as (re-)branding for text-based RSS feeds than it is as an actual new standard.
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement. - Anil Dash
• @anildash.comA blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Caleb Hailey
@calebhailey.com
I've been looking for good resources to introduce people to #RSS and this looks like a great one by @interconnected.org!
What is a feed? (a.k.a. RSS) | About Feeds
• @aboutfeeds.comGetting Started guide to web feeds/RSS
Caleb Hailey
@calebhailey.com
Originally posted on @sheesh.blog.
Long time listener, first time caller
I can't remember the last time I read a book from front to back1, but I am a voracious reader. The thing is, I prefer to read "the internet" instead of books.
At some point early on in my internet journey I discovered #RSS and I immediately fell in love2.
My RSS feed became like my own personal newspaper, where I was the curator.
I could add and remove columnists blog feeds as my interest graph would change over time.
I was one of the many3 who decried the death of Google Reader.
RSS lives on, but it's not as ubiquitious as it once was.