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> When I suggest that Twitter/Facebook is the new RSS

please explain how twitter and facebook are open protocols so i can suscribe facebook or twitter feeds on the long run without my facebook/twitter reader client breaking because of changes in the api or without having to create an account on their plateform.

RSS exists because it allows free flow of information. I dont recall facebook or twitter being open plateforms that promote interoperability.




You're missing the point entirely. You are correct, they are not open protocols you can subscribe blah blah blah; ask a non hacker news reader if they care about any of that. You're answer will be "no". Twitter/Facebook are RSS for non techies, and they far outnumber non-techies.




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