[ourcat]

I agree with the need for 'safe' social places like to be built.

But since the entire system is based upon lists and lists of email addresses, there REALLY needs to be a Ts & Cs and Privacy Policy in place here.

I'm assuming this is a one-man-band (Jayme?) behind this which I also commend, but if you don't add those things and also some background info about who's behind it (and how safe are all those email addresses) it's going to have a hard time winning trust.

(And yes, though I can kind of see where he's coming from, 'RSS' in the title title is misleading. Rather like Spotify calling a 'talkie' audio file a 'podcast'. It simply (and really) isn't.))

[whiddershins]

Can you elaborate on the podcast thing

[ourcat]

A 'podcast' is (or was!) a media file located at the 'url' of an RSS feed item 'enclosure'.

When a podcasting downloading application (aka:'podcatcher') 'subscribes' to the RSS feed, it gets notified (actually via a 'pull' or 'ping') that a new latest item is available. The application then automatically downloads the media file and places it in a playlist in your media player for offline use.

At least that's how it always used to be when we started building these things years ago. ;)

Hope this helps.

[ourcat]

The term has been somewhat evolved to mean an 'episodic' series of media files (audio or video). Which is why so many places call them a podcast now.

Rather like when people online post a big blurb of text anywhere and just call it a 'blog'. it diminishes the true meaning of the term.