[kickscondor]

If you're interested in furthering RSS (and Atom, JSON Feed) - one way to help this along is to continue extending it to bring it modern. For instance, I've documented an extension for adding temporary 'status' to the feed - useful for pinned posts or broadcasting that a livestream is beginning.

https://github.com/kickscondor/fraidycat/wiki/RSS-Atom-Exten...

It feels like there is still a lot of room to extend these formats - part of the advantage to them is how easily they can be extended. The media enclosure extension is the reason they've been so useful for podcast subscriptions.

[zozbot234]

It seems like a weird approach when the ActivityStreams spec is getting a lot more traction and semi-official endorsement.

[mkr-hn]

Is there any implementation that doesn't require a server-side component? One big appeal of RSS is it's plain old XML that can come from anything over HTTP.

[zozbot234]

ActivityPub is the part that requires server-side logic. ActivityStreams is a more basic layer that can be entirely static or even serverless, and ActivityPub is built on it.

[kickscondor]

I don’t enjoy ActivityPub related specs - they give me SOAP vibes - and I’ve struggled with interoperability. (Tried to make my blog act kind of like a Mastodon instance and the learning curve was just way too out there. I’m happy with feeds.)