I remember when people said that RSS and blogs were dead, and they'd just be posting to Twitter and Facebook instead.
How'd that work out?
I'm really glad to see smart Publishers like Ben Thompson looking to head the Aggregators off at the pass.
How'd that work out?
I'm really glad to see smart Publishers like Ben Thompson looking to head the Aggregators off at the pass.
The beauty of RSS and RSS client is that I choose my own source. And RSS client compared to FB tends to be much higher information density, Command Click to open everything I like in new Tab and I have lots ( and too many ) to read.
I think twitter replaces some form of blog post more than anything.
This isn't the whole story, certainly, but it's probably the biggest story of what happened. While I'm excited about shifts to membership, I do think fundamentally the advertising landscape also needs to change.
It didn't destroy them. It turned them static and can also create a `Firefox feeds backup.opml` that can be imported by feed readers.
Sure this may not be the best situation but they didn't simply destroy live bookmarks.