RSS Web-Feeds, The Next Big Thing?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday February 29, 2004 @05:36AM from the three-years-late dept.

mi writes "Yahoo! carries an Associated Press editorial about RSS-based news feeds, and how they are pushing the spam-ridden e-mail and advertising-ridden web-pages aside and consolidate information from multiple sites. Slashdot itself is mentioned by the author as one of his sources." We've been exporting our headlines practically since the beginning. (note that RSS link in the footer). I still think the problem with RSS is the name. It sounds stupid. Let's all call it 'Speed Feed'. Cheesy rhyming will help the non techno elite remember it, and this is a technology that needs to be more widely deployed. (It's also worth noting that Slashdot's RSS feed will have more article contents for subscribers in a few weeks)

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Nice story... by jdifool · 2004-02-29 05:59 · Score: 1, Flamebait

It's also worth noting that Slashdot's RSS feed will have more article contents for subscribers in a few weeks

Or how to make a little bit of advertising with an innocent story.

Very professional : kudos to /. editors.

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jdif

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Oh, for God's sake. by James+A.+G.+Joyce · 2004-02-29 06:00 · Score: 1, Flamebait

For one thing, goatse.cx has ceased to be. And for another, the whole point of an RSS feed is to keep you up to date on recent changes. Goatse.cx virtually never changed its content, so an RSS feed would be completely fucking pointless. Your idea sucks.