Comments on: RSS is Quickly Dying, Twitter is Replacing It

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:15:45 +0000

As I said in the post, it all varies depending on what type of site you have. For example, I’d rather subscribe to a text-based feed with RSS than Twitter, as I can save it for later reading, compared to Twitter where’s it just a link (and would be easier to bookmark). I guess readers feel the same way with some sites, or else some people haven’t yet adopted to the whole Twitter craze yet.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:05:50 +0000

Like you said, Twitter certainly works better for those who have more followers, but so does RSS. I’ve noticed more and more sites only publishing partial RSS feeds, or else they make me search for the full feed. This is not the way RSS should work. I can just as easily visit their website directly or go to their Twitter page to discover what they’ve recently published.

Alternative services like Posterous and Tumblr also make it easy for readers to follow you, and some people have used these to create a “lead into” their main post, like a behind-the-scenes look at what went into creating the post.

By: Paul Baines

Paul Baines — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:44:50 +0000

I'm again on the sidelines. I use a few Wordpress addons to send my blog feeds to Twitter, but in essence my feed subscribers are in turn growing far more quickly than my Twitter following. What's more there's no RSS spam (unless you want it lol). .-= Paul Baines´s last blog ..Art In Progress =-.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:06:23 +0000

I'd say I agree with you on behalf of some people, but probably not everyone. I addressed this in a recent post and came to the conclusion that a lot of people are going to exchange RSS for Twitter as you're saying, including Robert Scoble. But guys like me want to see every news story, so RSS is still essential. I think for now the best strategy is to act as though what you're saying is absolutely right by integrating Twitter into everything, but don't give up on RSS and publish full feeds. .-= Brandon Cox´s last blog ..Introducing a Community Blogging Links Feed =-.