Comments on: Will RSS Ever Go Mainstream?

By: New Comm Biz » Top 10 Blog Posts [May 2009] FriendFeed Steals the Show

New Comm Biz » Top 10 Blog Posts [May 2009] FriendFeed Steals the Show — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:11:12 +0000

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By: lmau

lmau — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:52:21 +0000

I'm a intensive RSS user.
I found this interisting post ... via my rss feeds (throw http://www.newcommbiz.com).

Of course, to use RSS, people need to spend some (too much ?) time to set it up, but it's for me the best tool to follow what happen in my field.
I even use it to follow social network acticity (linkedin, twitter).

By: erich13

erich13 — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:41:50 +0000

Yes, that's true, it's not like email, rather it's like the newspaper. Moreover, thanks for reminding me that it's like the newspaper. I sometimes forget about that analogy. Funny thing is, I find myself telling people about this (“you don't have to read it all”) when explaining what to do with all of the tweets that those you follow write, but forget about it sometimes when I read my RSS feeds. Thanks.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:09:35 +0000

Rob, thank you. Your words of encouragement mean a lot to me.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:07:22 +0000

Eric, for some reason I find that hard to believe. I think some people struggle with “keeping up” with their RSS feeds. We need to remember that it's not email. It's more like the newspaper. If we don't read it all, no big deal.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:29:25 +0000

Iâ€™m definitely still an RSS fanboy. Twitter is great for uncovering the things you wouldnâ€™t normally subscribe to, but in my mind nothing beats the efficiency of RSS for getting knowledge into my brain.

Also Tac Iâ€™ve been meaning to comment and tell you that Iâ€™m really enjoying your renewed blogging vigor â€“ you have a very unique and interesting perspective on things which I for one appreciate. Please keep it up!

By: erich13

erich13 — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:10:53 +0000

I want to use RSS more, but find it difficult to manage.

By: Niklas B

Niklas B — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:13:51 +0000

Interesting i tweeted this a while back: @smalltalk80: Twitter is RSS with brains

By: Tac

Tac — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:40:25 +0000

@Cheryl, somehow I doubt that this blog would appeal much to non-early adopters

@Shawn, I agree that the general “raw” use of RSS will have some mainstream acceptance but will probably never fully take off.I do however think that further application development that makes it one step (or no step) simple.

I also agree that the use of RSS as a syndication tool is only going to continue to explode.

By: Shawn McCollum

Shawn McCollum — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:28:48 +0000

RSS as a format probably will never go mainstream, and over time will get relegated more and more to the backend. RSS the concept has evolved and is already mainstream just in different forms with emphasis on the last S (syndication). My grandma is on facebook so the concept of RSS in it’s facebook form is very mainstream.