RSS is free as in freedom, Twitter and Facebook are not. And that alone is a good reason to keep RSS around.
Yes, exactly! When I first heard someone suggest that Twitter was the replacement for RSS, I thought "oh really? so Twitter is now a protocol anyone can use?" And the answer is no - you have to register with Twitter. And no, I'm not going to sign up with Twitter or Facebook. There's a reason I run my own web and email server - I like my independence and not relying on some company that's trying to milk my personal info for all it's worth. I'm really surprised that these supposedly rugged individuals are so quick to toe the corporate line of Twitter and Facebook. But then again, it's always been the case that the market follows what it thinks is the cause of success, ergo we have everyone hawking closed protocols and walled gardens. They might be wise to remember that AOL was a walled garden with closed protocols too.
Edit to cleanup and followup: So RSS supposedly has problems; I can't tell, as I don't much care about UI (except CLI), and to be honest, Liferea+Firefox under Debian stable works pretty well for me. Who knows, maybe I'll be pissed at the changes come the next major upgrade, but this would lead me to think that RSS is not broken and not the problem; the client software is. And at least I have the source and a choice when it comes to RSS. Facebook and Twitter, not so much.
Yes, exactly! When I first heard someone suggest that Twitter was the replacement for RSS, I thought "oh really? so Twitter is now a protocol anyone can use?" And the answer is no - you have to register with Twitter. And no, I'm not going to sign up with Twitter or Facebook. There's a reason I run my own web and email server - I like my independence and not relying on some company that's trying to milk my personal info for all it's worth. I'm really surprised that these supposedly rugged individuals are so quick to toe the corporate line of Twitter and Facebook. But then again, it's always been the case that the market follows what it thinks is the cause of success, ergo we have everyone hawking closed protocols and walled gardens. They might be wise to remember that AOL was a walled garden with closed protocols too.
Edit to cleanup and followup: So RSS supposedly has problems; I can't tell, as I don't much care about UI (except CLI), and to be honest, Liferea+Firefox under Debian stable works pretty well for me. Who knows, maybe I'll be pissed at the changes come the next major upgrade, but this would lead me to think that RSS is not broken and not the problem; the client software is. And at least I have the source and a choice when it comes to RSS. Facebook and Twitter, not so much.