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So is RSS dead yet? Only one way to find out...

17 points by TalSafran 16y ago

codeup 16y ago
That's the short answer. Winer has more to say about it: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/01/05/aReallyGoodAnalogy.html http://scripting.com/stories/2011/01/05/aReallyGoodAnalogy.h... Summary: RSS is alive, most UI's miss the point of the format but people are continuing to build new things with it.
TalSafran 16y ago
PS - it's random. Keep refreshing until you get the answer you like.
dkasper 16y ago
Once people start talking about whether something's dead it's definitely on the way out.
- TeMPOraL 16y ago
  Like people talking about Lisp being dead for the last 30 years, or so? ;).
  - codeup 16y ago
    Or http://elvis.vi-editor.org http://elvis.vi-editor.org ?
- codeup 16y ago
  Such a generalizing statement that would be so easy to disprove that I shall abstain from doing so.
rchowe 16y ago
Pity there isn't an RSS feed.
- rudyfink 16y ago
  Yes, it was touch I especially liked about http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ and would find even more humorous here.
wccrawford 16y ago
Considering that I got to this page from an RSS feed, no, I would say it's not. I'm not the only one I know that has a list of RSS feeds that they read daily. And if they didn't exist, I'd be forced to write something to create them. I don't have time to check dozens of sites every day to see if they have new content.
antimatter15 16y ago
I have a feeling a service to generate single page, single word long question domains could actually be successful.
- alatkins 16y ago
  I really just wish that meme would die a graceful death. It was amusing at first, but hundreds of examples later, not so much.
jrmxrf 16y ago
Looks pretty sarcastic when browsing it from rss reader.
JulianMorrison 16y ago
That page lacks an RSS feed. So I made one. http://page2rss.com/rss/81beb35369eebedecba9707d2b51e920 http://page2rss.com/rss/81beb35369eebedecba9707d2b51e920
- codeup 16y ago
  The original page randomly changes on refresh. Can you make the feed dynamic, too?
Swizec 16y ago
When all of you are done fighting, go take a look at http://lazyreadr.com http://lazyreadr.com ; I'm betting the figurative farm on it
- cowpewter 16y ago
  Something seems to be seriously wrong with your image. http://lazyreadr.com/lazyreadr-previews.jpg http://lazyreadr.com/lazyreadr-previews.jpg In case it shows up okay for you, here's a screenshot: http://cl.ly/1B1u1l3L0c2I1Q160H1c http://cl.ly/1B1u1l3L0c2I1Q160H1c

17 points by TalSafran 16y ago

That's the short answer. Winer has more to say about it: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/01/05/aReallyGoodAnalogy.html http://scripting.com/stories/2011/01/05/aReallyGoodAnalogy.h... Summary: RSS is alive, most UI's miss the point of the format but people are continuing to build new things with it.

TalSafran 16y ago

PS - it's random. Keep refreshing until you get the answer you like.

dkasper 16y ago

Once people start talking about whether something's dead it's definitely on the way out.

TeMPOraL 16y ago
Like people talking about Lisp being dead for the last 30 years, or so? ;).
- codeup 16y ago
  Or http://elvis.vi-editor.org http://elvis.vi-editor.org ?
codeup 16y ago
Such a generalizing statement that would be so easy to disprove that I shall abstain from doing so.

rchowe 16y ago

Pity there isn't an RSS feed.

rudyfink 16y ago
Yes, it was touch I especially liked about http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ and would find even more humorous here.

wccrawford 16y ago

Considering that I got to this page from an RSS feed, no, I would say it's not. I'm not the only one I know that has a list of RSS feeds that they read daily. And if they didn't exist, I'd be forced to write something to create them. I don't have time to check dozens of sites every day to see if they have new content.

antimatter15 16y ago

I have a feeling a service to generate single page, single word long question domains could actually be successful.

alatkins 16y ago
I really just wish that meme would die a graceful death. It was amusing at first, but hundreds of examples later, not so much.

jrmxrf 16y ago

Looks pretty sarcastic when browsing it from rss reader.

JulianMorrison 16y ago

That page lacks an RSS feed. So I made one. http://page2rss.com/rss/81beb35369eebedecba9707d2b51e920 http://page2rss.com/rss/81beb35369eebedecba9707d2b51e920

codeup 16y ago
The original page randomly changes on refresh. Can you make the feed dynamic, too?

Swizec 16y ago

When all of you are done fighting, go take a look at http://lazyreadr.com http://lazyreadr.com ; I'm betting the figurative farm on it

cowpewter 16y ago
Something seems to be seriously wrong with your image. http://lazyreadr.com/lazyreadr-previews.jpg http://lazyreadr.com/lazyreadr-previews.jpg In case it shows up okay for you, here's a screenshot: http://cl.ly/1B1u1l3L0c2I1Q160H1c http://cl.ly/1B1u1l3L0c2I1Q160H1c