Comments on: Is Twitter replacing RSS? http://bloggasm.com/is-twitter-replacing-rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Robert Nagle http://bloggasm.com/is-twitter-replacing-rss/comment-page-1#comment-83432 Robert Nagle Sun, 10 May 2009 13:32:22 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2534#comment-83432 May I point out something obvious? Twitter is run by a private company that is convenient for users of the Iphone & Blackberry platform. Your data is essentially owned by them. Maybe they can do cool things with it, but that's not the point. (The same applies to FB). RSS is a generic technology available to everyone. I started broadcasting my main RSS feed to twitter a while back and thought was a good solution. So what does it mean to follow twitter? This is link sharing; so what? We're just talking about abbreviated scanning. BTW, you might enjoy <a href="http://mcsweeneys.net/2009/4/20lanham.html" rel="nofollow">Robert Lanham's syllabus for a 21st century writing class </a>. May I point out something obvious?

Twitter is run by a private company that is convenient for users of the Iphone & Blackberry platform. Your data is essentially owned by them. Maybe they can do cool things with it, but that’s not the point. (The same applies to FB).

RSS is a generic technology available to everyone. I started broadcasting my main RSS feed to twitter a while back and thought was a good solution.

So what does it mean to follow twitter? This is link sharing; so what? We’re just talking about abbreviated scanning.

BTW, you might enjoy Robert Lanham’s syllabus for a 21st century writing class .

]]> By: Mike http://bloggasm.com/is-twitter-replacing-rss/comment-page-1#comment-83373 Mike Thu, 07 May 2009 16:21:22 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2534#comment-83373 Twitter search is looking into indexing links as well as tweets. Does that change your opinion? http://mashable.com/2009/05/07/twitter-search-real/ Twitter search is looking into indexing links as well as tweets. Does that change your opinion?

http://mashable.com/2009/05/07/twitter-search-real/

]]> By: Kiri http://bloggasm.com/is-twitter-replacing-rss/comment-page-1#comment-83369 Kiri Thu, 07 May 2009 14:04:39 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2534#comment-83369 I put feeds I care less about on Twitter, feeds I actually care about on Google Reader. Twitter zooms by very fast, so if I'm not interested the second it pops up on my Twitterfox, then whatever. RSS, if I don't have time to read it RIGHT THEN, I can save it, or star it, or keep it unread. Twitter isn't going to replace that system any time soon. I put feeds I care less about on Twitter, feeds I actually care about on Google Reader. Twitter zooms by very fast, so if I’m not interested the second it pops up on my Twitterfox, then whatever. RSS, if I don’t have time to read it RIGHT THEN, I can save it, or star it, or keep it unread. Twitter isn’t going to replace that system any time soon.

]]> By: blued888 http://bloggasm.com/is-twitter-replacing-rss/comment-page-1#comment-83361 blued888 Thu, 07 May 2009 01:03:52 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2534#comment-83361 I don't believe Twitter will fully replace RSS. Twitter is just too chaotic sometimes. I don’t believe Twitter will fully replace RSS. Twitter is just too chaotic sometimes.

]]> By: Megan http://bloggasm.com/is-twitter-replacing-rss/comment-page-1#comment-83359 Megan Thu, 07 May 2009 00:37:13 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2534#comment-83359 Twitter is boring. Twitter is boring.

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