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		CharlesW on May 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JSON Feed Dave Winer (the creator of RSS) played with this a bit in 2012. It turns out that exact format of feeds doesn't matter nearly as much as there being a more-or-less universal one. http://scripting.com/stories/2012/09/10/rssInJsonForReal.htm...

AceJohnny2 on May 17, 2017 [–]

I'm sure there's...

oh of course: https://xkcd.com/927/

(and I realize this doesn't exactly map, as JSON Feed isn't even trying to cover all the usecases of Atom or RSS, just switching the container format)

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