Comments on: May 1 is RSS Day

By: Sophia Lucero

Sophia Lucero — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:56:29 +0000

Lester, ewan, wala na akong maisip especially since they don’t care about the general idea of feeds rather than RSS alone.

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By: Lester Cavestany

Lester Cavestany — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:43:52 +0000

I’d have to agree with JC too. It should’ve been “Feeds Day” except that it doesn’t sound too techy.. it’s almost like it has something to do with world hunger or the poultry business.. Any ideas?

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By: Sophia Lucero

Sophia Lucero — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:40:11 +0000

Hi JC, I complained about this the RSS bias in Wisdump (linked to it in the post). I still haven’t found a valid reason for it. On the bright side, at least there’s some advocacy for awareness.

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:01:13 +0000

Well, for any Standards-nerd, Atom 1.0 is the choice, Atom is ‘a’ and ‘the’ standard.

They should have created “XML Feed Day” instead of RSS Day, more powerful, more neutral, and will garner more attention and support. Example, the “FEED Icon” is neutral, it wasn’t called as “RSS Icon” like what they did on their campaign site, trying hard to own a neutral icon.

I won’t support them. From reading their site, I can sense a strong sentiment of being anti-Atom format. It’s the usual “format wars”. Coz, if RSS is as popular as pro-RSS people claim, then what’s the point of campaigning for it? And why try to own the “Feed” Icon as an “RSS Icon”? It’s just a campaign about ‘format wars’. If the campaign is about information and education – target: non-techie people, then they should have called it the XML Feed Awareness Campaign.

I chose Atom, not just because it’s the standard, but because of other important features and matters as well (too long to write here). I will only support Atom or “Neutral” campaigns

Anyway, thanks for the heads up :p