RSS Soup (was Re: [syndication] Re: Evangelizing RSS)

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

I get this question all the time. The best thing to do is deliver the
benefits. Here's the list of the channels I read every hour. I get enough
news, although I wish I could get the NY Times back.

http://www.ourfavoritesongs.com/users/dave@userland.com/rss/misc/mySubscript
ions.opml

So, imho, RSS is at critical mass now, it's worth using by average Web news
junkies. With enough weblogs in the mix, I end up getting news from many of
the sources that don't provide RSS feeds. A few synthetic Moreover channels
added to the mix (like News.Com) make a big difference too. It's like making
soup, no single ingredient makes or breaks it. But it's important to note,
we're not in waiting for a chicken or egg now. The soup will get better as
it sits on the stove. ;->

Also, imho, the only way the holdouts are going to switch over is if they
feel they're missing something good. So we're working more on the other
side, not the publishing side (where they're scared) but the editorial side,
the reporters generally like the idea. So go where there's less resistance.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rael Dornfest" <rael@oreilly.com>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: [syndication] Re: Evangelizing RSS


> Howdy,
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> Julian Bond writes:
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> > <rael@oreilly.com> writes
> > >Howdy,
> > >
> > >Quite simply, RSS is a win-win-win...
> > >
> > >  * Web site producers acquire eyeballs via textual banner ads that
> > >    folks are more than thrilled to host.
> >
> > Agreed. So how do we get the news outlets, who already syndicate via
> > Moreover, to add the XML button to their sites. Can I suggest a campaign
>
> Just to be clear, these sites are not actually creating syndicated feeds
> themselves at all, but are rather screen-scraped by Moreover and those
> scrapings turned into RSS.  They don't have to do a thing.  Getting them
to
> produce their own home-grown RSS files is something else entirely.
>
> > to email all your favourite news sources suggesting they make public an
> > RSS feed?
>
> I tended to do this for quite some time (still do on occasion), but didn't
> get much of a response.  For efficacy, this should be a larger-scale
> effort -- of what form, I'm not sure.
>
> Rael
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