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In the Mind of Damond Nollan: RSS is Dead. Oh Really?

Sep 04, 2009

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There has been a number of blogs talking about the death of RSS. Earlier today, while scanning my RSS feeds in Google Reader, I fell upon the following story, "Oh, RSS Is Definitely Dead Now: Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo To Become Twitter COO."

According to this story, Dick Costolo is leaving Feedburner for Twitter. Based on his record, he has the ability to establish scalable infrastructures, which is something Twitter desperately needs.

As I understand the issue, Steve Gillmor wrote a blog back in May entitled, "Rest in Peace, RSS" where he explained how Twitter, Facebook, and Friendfeed have made RSS obsolete. The one time powerhouse is encouraged to "gracefully step back [and] blend into the scenery."

Maybe I lack the foresight of more experienced early adopters, but I do not see RSS going away anytime soon. Yes, Twitter has real time information, Facebook has the friends, and Friendfeed has the conversations, but I find that I spend a great deal of time in my RSS Reader. Much of what I share on Twitter, Facebook, and Friendfeed comes directly from Google Rea ...Read the full article

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