Comments on: The usefulness of RSS http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/02/the-usefulness-of-rss/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:08:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CT http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/02/the-usefulness-of-rss/#comment-704 CT Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:36:24 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/?p=243#comment-704 I don't find any of those applications to be compelling reasons for using RSS. Comment feeds, for instance: I've got my blog's comment feed integrated into the Google Personalized homepage. I find it takes a long time to update; 99 percent of the time, I'll learn of new comments through routine checks of my WP Dashboard. (I used to have email notifications set up for comments, which was also instantaneous.) Active use of RSS is never going to appeal to anybody beyond the power user set. Integrating both the generation and retrieval of feeds into larger automated applications will keep the technology around, but it's not going to be something that the vast majority will seek out. I don’t find any of those applications to be compelling reasons for using RSS. Comment feeds, for instance: I’ve got my blog’s comment feed integrated into the Google Personalized homepage. I find it takes a long time to update; 99 percent of the time, I’ll learn of new comments through routine checks of my WP Dashboard. (I used to have email notifications set up for comments, which was also instantaneous.)

Active use of RSS is never going to appeal to anybody beyond the power user set. Integrating both the generation and retrieval of feeds into larger automated applications will keep the technology around, but it’s not going to be something that the vast majority will seek out.

]]> By: The Great Swifty Speaketh! http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/02/the-usefulness-of-rss/#comment-696 The Great Swifty Speaketh! Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:55:31 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/?p=243#comment-696 <strong>Swifty's Possible Sci-Fi Tale: Internet Collapses,</strong> Whilst surfing at Technorati, I realized that Bloglines is number one on the list, thus I went off to do an investigation (I think it was down for a while or something) and stumbled upon this fantastic entry about the usefulness of RSS feeds. Swifty’s Possible Sci-Fi Tale: Internet Collapses,

Whilst surfing at Technorati, I realized that Bloglines is number one on the list, thus I went off to do an investigation (I think it was down for a while or something) and stumbled upon this fantastic entry about the usefulness of RSS feeds.

]]> By: Scott Burkett http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/02/the-usefulness-of-rss/#comment-694 Scott Burkett Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:25:31 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/?p=243#comment-694 Well said! With all of the blogs, forums, and sites that I visit each day, it would be maddening without some way of governing them all. It is almost a "management by exception" approach. Sign me up, and I'll deal with new information as it is injected into the blogosphere. Cheers. Scott Well said! With all of the blogs, forums, and sites that I visit each day, it would be maddening without some way of governing them all. It is almost a “management by exception” approach. Sign me up, and I’ll deal with new information as it is injected into the blogosphere.

Cheers.
Scott

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