Is RSS Doomed by Popularity?

Ketchup_blade writes "As RSS is becoming more known to the mainstream users and press, the bandwidth issue reported by many sites (Eweek, CNet, InternetNews) related to feeds is becoming a reality. Stats from sites like Boing Boing are showing a real concern regarding feeds bandwidth usage. Possible solutions to this problem are emerging slowly, like RSScache (feed caching proxy) and KnowNow (even-driven syndication). RSScache seems to offer a realistic solution to the problem, but can this be enough to help RSS as it reaches an even bigger user base in the upcoming year?"

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First RSS, now Slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

So first BoingBoing gets in trouble because of all the RSS traffic.. and now they're about to be slashdotted. Tough luck

Pop Fly

[Anonymous Coward]

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Solution!

[Quixote]

I have an idea... let's start a company which pushes data to the consumers... from a central point. We'll call it "pointcast".

Now if only they'd bring back the $$$ from the mid 90s too.... :)

Re:They just need to follow /.'s lead

[jamie]

Of course we blocked your IP when you hammered our server. And we'll do it again. Duh. We monitor abuse on the whole site, not just RSS.

Re:Push

[some guy I know]

My suggestion is to revamp RSS to use a P2P format of publishing, so you spread out the load.

RSS Torrent!

Re:They just need to follow /.'s lead

[the angry liberal]

Jamie, if you need help securing /., I have just your man. He is a smarty like you.