Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter

ffrizlab about 7 hours ago 4 commentsRead Article on chrismorgan.info

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encomiast•15 minutes ago

Didn't we get enough of this fight 20 years ago? Let's not piss off Dave Winer again. Reminder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better

pavel_lishin•about 2 hours ago

The three ways of encoding the string "<xmp>" in the title all look like awful gibberish to me.

superkuh•about 2 hours ago

Atom is better than RSS in the way Betamax was better than VHS. With the same outcome and consequences for practical use.

thaumasiotes•42 minutes ago

What? Not at all. RSS is a product category. Many RSS feeds are, if you look into them, Atom. Your RSS reader just doesn't bother to tell you, because why would you care?

Try putting a Betamax tape into a VHS VCR and see if you can watch it.