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Is RSS Doomed by Popularity?

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-than-you-can-chew dept.

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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  1. It had to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Korea, only old people use RSS.

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