**Axel Dürkop** @xldrkp@scholar.social · 2019-01-18T07:19:54Z

Axel Dürkop @xldrkp@scholar.social

"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

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**Axel Dürkop** @xldrkp@scholar.social · Jan 18, 2019, 07:25

**Axel Dürkop** @xldrkp@scholar.social · Jan 18, 2019, 07:25

Jan 18, 2019, 07:25

Axel Dürkop @xldrkp@scholar.social

"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/

**little mx. no-spoons** @fluffy@queer.party · Jan 18, 2019, 07:27

**little mx. no-spoons** @fluffy@queer.party · Jan 18, 2019, 07:27

Jan 18, 2019, 07:27

little mx. no-spoons @fluffy@queer.party

"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.

**Artur Coelho** @arturcoelho@scholar.social · Jan 18, 2019, 08:28

**Artur Coelho** @arturcoelho@scholar.social · Jan 18, 2019, 08:28

Jan 18, 2019, 08:28

Artur Coelho @arturcoelho@scholar.social

"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.

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