"The Rise and Demise of RSS"
Excellent article on the rise and fall of #RSS by Sinclair Target[1]. Not just a precise story of an unfortunate fork it can also be read as an appeal to not repeat the same mistakes from the past when developing new frameworks for #decentralization and #federation.
Dealing with #ActivityPub and the discussion about its pros and cons[2] we should set up a moderating unit to accompany further development.
[1]: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mm4z/the-rise-and-demise-of-rss
[2]: eg. https://schub.io/blog/2019/01/13/activitypub-final-thoughts-one-year-later.html
"The Rise and Demise of RSS"
@xldrkp I mean, sure, but I still use it, and people still use IRC and NNTP. And I feel like RSS (well, Atom) scratches an itch way better than any of the silos (I never bought into the whole "Twitter is a better RSS" thing and I certainly don't think Facebook replaces it for me either) and it also handles my needs as both a publisher and a reader than ActivityPub.
"The Rise and Demise of RSS"
@xldrkp rss, using am aggregator, is actually my main source of information. It never became a popular technology - that article shows how and why very well, but ir"s an amazing niche tool.
"The Rise and Demise of RSS"
Dealing with the aspect of velocity when developing and establishing standards an article by Moxie Marlinspike on Signal comes to my mind.[1]
[1]: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/