Why Podcasting Still Needs RSS

Re:Why Podcasting Still Needs RSS by tacostakohashi on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @10:34PM (#12641215)

Unfortunately, it's actually the opposite.

I'm so old, I actually used to use the RSS feed Facebook provided for their notifications (wall posts) with Google Reader. That's right - there was a point in time when you could consume your Facebook feed via RSS (all in one place, alongside your other feeds), actually provided by Facebook.

The chronology is the other way around. People knew what a feed was and how it was useful, and Facebook worked out how to monopolize it and put their ads into it.

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Re:Why Podcasting Still Needs RSS by ryan_test_1 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @02:00AM (#12641828)

You can still get your Facebook feed via RSS (technically Atom) with a third party app: https://facebook-atom.appspot.com

Also Twitter, Instagram, and Google+:

https://twitter-atom.appspot.com/ https://instagram-atom.appspot.com/ https://plusstreamfeed.appspot.com/

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Re:Why Podcasting Still Needs RSS by mblaney on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @04:17AM (#12642262)

I use these Facebook and Twitter feed converters (via my feed reader: https://unicyclic.com) every day. Thanks Ryan!

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Re:Why Podcasting Still Needs RSS by aq3cn on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:43AM (#12641595)

I hope they still provide RSS of notifications and public posts. Last time, I checked they used to do that.

I am not on Facebook anymore.

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