On: This is the year of the RSS reader?

[jawns]

Here are just some of the reasons why RSS fell out of favor...

1) It's great for consumers of content, but not so great for content producers or RSS reader vendors, in terms of monetization or even analytics.

2) It's great for tech-savvy folks, but not so great for mass market reach, and the incentives to make mass market reach feasible are low.

3) It worked better back when most content was free. Paywalls are a more sustainable business model, but aren't very compatible with RSS.

[wffurr → jawns]

1) Newsblur has been a nice lifestyle business for Sam Clay. I suppose it won't ever be a billion dollar unicorn, but it works beautifully for consumers of content.