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RSS Web-Feeds, The Next Big Thing?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. forget speed feed... by batmn42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    how about quick fix? fastpass? extremely expedient content delivery system?

    That last one may not be quite as catchy...

    1. Re:forget speed feed... by SoTuA · · Score: 2, Funny
      what's the problem with RSS?

      Say it aloud: R-R-S

      Our ARSES! Cool ri- ummmm...

      ok, ok, let's call it SpeedFeed.

    2. Re:forget speed feed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      what's the problem with RSS?

      Say it aloud: R-R-S

      are you retarded?

  2. They're missing the point by NSash · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I were able to read the news ten times more quickly, I'd just have to get back to work ten times faster!

  3. one thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    in soviet russia, you feed rss

  4. RSSSSS Feed by elid · · Score: 4, Funny
    We've been exporting our headlines practically since the beginning. (note that RSSS link in the footer).

    Yess...
    we wantssss it...
    RSSSS feed...our precioussss....

  5. Great name! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speedfeed...though it does bring to mind when my brother was in basic training...they only get a few minutes for meals, and work up a heckuva appetite...He got a weekend off and I went to visit. We went to lunch, he ordered a big meal and, just out of habit, polished it off in five minutes flat. Just inhaled the sucker. Midway through, he said "hey just so you know, I'm choking right now. Only way to eat this fast is to swallow bites whole."

  6. Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If RSS was more prevelent I'd use my phone to take more pix of my moblog and bluetooth them to my airport ipod while I'm garage band jamming with my fellow orkuteers at coachella.

  7. Re:Slashdot Poll, obviously! by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 4, Funny
    "What should RSS be called?" should be the next /. poll!

    I'm not sure what it should be called, but if it ever catches on, about 3 years later it will suck and be called "Microsoft News".

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  8. Re:I think he's got it right by DrEasy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Firewire, Firebird, Firefox... just pleeeaaase don't call it FireFeed. Stop playing with Fire!

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  9. Speed Feed by spazoid12 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

    Then call it Greed Feed.

  10. Re:Commercialisation is next :-( by MegaFur · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but look on the brightside. Now there's a near-infinite supply of cheap, easy access porn.

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  11. Speed Feed LOL! by ThisIsFred · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you think Slashdot is a "speed feed", try setting your RSS utility to update from /. every five minutes and see what happens.

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    Fred

    "A fool and his freedom are soon parted"
    -RMS
  12. nomenclature by TheUser0x58 · · Score: 2, Funny
    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.
    Oh yeah, because MP3 and XML are such unmemorable technical names for useful technologies, they could never become overused technology buzzwords.
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  13. er.. by jimmyCarter · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

    Taco, you're right.. millions have been struggling with the acronym of HTML for years now b/c it's just not "catchy" enough..

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  14. Re:God I hope so. by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh, yes. Slashdot even banned themselves once, all the slashdot specific (BSD, Developers etc) side boxes on the front page showed "Your RSS request has been blocked due to excessive usage.". I did have a screen shot which i sent off to slashdot support and it mysteriously got fixed. The next day. I have no idea if this happened to everyone or just a selection.