The recent attention given to the imminent demise of RSS got me to thinking, is this how stuff is promoted on the internet? I’ve seen this before, when a well known internet personality declares a service dead or dying a lot of people rush to that service, product or application. Seth Godin wrote in a short and sweet article;
RSS is quiet and fast and professional and largely hype-free. Perhaps that’s why it’s not the flavor of the day.
Seth also throws in a few links to his blog and his preferred RSS Reader. He’s capitalizing on a manufactured controversy, while providing some much needed insight;
- RSS increases your productivity
- It delivers itself
- Subscribing is easy
I think that the recent attention given to RSS is actually raising the awareness of this marvelous service, and that awareness is like the water that raises all boats. And if it floats my boat, I’m all for it.
I don’t post very often at Wallace’s Posterous, but I do have a few followers. Maybe I could get more if I declared my demise immanent. Nah, I think I’ll just stick to clipping interesting posts for a while.
I should mention that Google Reader also allows me to push out some of the more Absurd stuff I find.
