Comments on: Just How Dead is YOUR RSS Feed?

By: ken

ken — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:14:12 +0000

I find it interesting that RSS is once again a topic of discussion in library schools (OK, maybe only one). The Internet does odd things to technology and expectations; RSS went through the “wow, isn’t this neat” phase, passed on to the “I can’t live without it, it’s an essential part of my information-gathering daily life,” and then to “RSS? What’s that good for”. And now, 20 years later, it’s a format worth talking about again.

So — who does read your RSS feed? You’ll probably be surprised (maybe even pleasantly) at how many people are subscribed.

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