Comments on: Will Twitter Kill the RSS star?

By: Taj Moore

Taj Moore — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:10:24 +0000

I stopped using my RSS reader a loooong time ago because I never seemed to have time to read it, always felt like I was behind, and rarely thought to open it in the first place. Twitter feels much more like the metaphorical river; I can go sit by it's waters and watch its flow whenever I want. RSS is a powerful workhorse that works unseen, kinda like the mythical Atlas. I don't think that will change anytime soon. In a way, it's like Flash vs. HTML ... there will always be HTML even if we pay it no heed. Taj Moore’s last blog post..Principles At Work In Professional Collaboration: Denver June 2009 Notes

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:44:42 +0000

I love the RSS – especially since most of the feeds I subscribe to are full feeds. Staying in my reader is a beautiful thing. I don’t follow any Twitter profiles purely for their blog posting; if that’s all someone is giving me, I’d unsubscribe. I want to read interesting things on Twitter, not be told: go here to read about what I’m not telling you here.

That being said, I follow retweeted links and tweet links myself – including when I post a blog post. Because (a) people send me to places that have feeds I’m not subscribed to, and (b) I know people aren’t like me, and like getting a blog post notification via Twitter.

Melissa’s last blog post..It’s Been A While, I Know

By: Matthew Ray

Matthew Ray — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:27:33 +0000

Thats the key: "And then I tell them about Twitter: people get updates from trusted friends about what they’re reading or have written: the updates come to them. They can get them on their phone, in email or via a twitter client " & "Twitter also helps filter the information we receive. " I used to not follow @Mashable for the longest time. As great as they are, I'm not interested in every tweet that comes from them. Instead, I allow users I follow to retweet their content (I know they will). Granted, today I do follow them. That said, I was all about teaching the company I work for about RSS feeds, because no one knows about them; it was a foreign language. And that was last year -- This year it is Twitter. I do think that Twitter will kill RSS star. Matthew Ray’s last blog post..Your Social Networks Have Different Audiences!