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by nothrabannosir 3326 days ago
> JSONFeed is JSON, unless I'm missing something, just JSON that matches a specific schema.

Yes, and everything is application/octet-stream, so why have mime types? Because it helps with tooling, discovery, and content negotiation. It is a hint for the poor soul who inherits some undocumented ruby soup calling your endpoint.

Being as specific as possible with mine types is a convention for a reason. Please don't break it unless you have an explicit reason to.