vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media
vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media
I would love to see a resurgence in RSS instead of all the bloat thats so prevalent nowadays.
I use RSS all the time. In fact, it's how I read my tech news. And if a site is dumb enough to break their RSS feed, well then I no longer use their site.
Where do you subscribe?
I was an avid RSS user ten years ago but Web 2.0 replaced it.
I subscribe to several YouTube channels through RSS thanks to new pipe telling me they existed. I also subscribe to fdroid's blog, CoinDesk, and tech sections of Epoch Times and New York Post. However, most of my tech news I end up getting from Lemmy, so don't use those very often.
Neat idea.
RSS is still how most podcasts get distributed. (Excluding Spotify)
I'm a bit confused as to how this could be an alternative to social media. The only things I've known RSS feeds to be used for are keeping up with subscriptions on platforms like YouTube and Odysee or updates for games like RuneScape.
Also, I just want to say that the last time I heard someone use the term "vcard", it meant something completely different and I was confused at first.
People's blogs often have RSS.
vCard
Please...no
Most org/people still use FB, Twtr, Instagram. However, I do find it useful for YouTube.
It's a neat idea but it still requires hosting and for the vast unwashed masses who don't want to buy a domain and setup hosting for this stuff at the end of the day I fear this would be Facebook with extra steps.
There are some other federated social sites besides lemmy that something like this could be added to, but they're not as big, afaik.
RSS sucks. Activity Streams are a better in every way (other than compatibility established software, obviously).
If you're building anything new that uses RSS today, I encourage you to do both RSS and Activity Streams. Or just do what I do, and only do AS.
Interesting. Are there any Activity Stream Readers?
How does someone read an AS feed from Fediverse apps?