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I don't get why anybody would want a json feed. RSS/Atom are already simple to the point of being trivial, so why introduce more standards?
by quintussss 4y ago
I don't get why anybody would want a json feed. RSS/Atom are already simple to the point of being trivial, so why introduce more standards?
- diordiderot 4y agoFor me personally, two reasons 1. I find it easier to work with JSON using javascript 2. The stupid reason, I find it more aesthetically pleasing
- kixiQu 4y agoYou're not exactly wrong – I don't serve out a json feed myself, even – but RSS/Atom are terribly underused for cases other than "personal organization of feed reading" when they could handle a lot of weirder poll-for-updates automation, and the json format seems like an attempt to encourage that direction. You don't need a bespoke API if what you have makes sense in a feed like this, but people would really rather work with a json than XML.
- jonwinstanley 4y agoJSON is more readable to humans, while still being great for machines
- SahAssar 4y agoXML is a far more complex format to parse.