I like RSS as a standard because it is: established mature simple well understood well supported extensible via namespaces But it should be used for so much more than just blog posts and statuses — especially when paired with rssCloud for (virtually) instant updates. Wikipedia defines RSS as: "a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format." It is this type of definition, however, that holds RSS back. Why does it just have to be updates to a website? RSS can be used to distribute all sorts of information. Once you start ad... colinwalker.blog

@colinwalker Totally agree. We can do so much more with it and I'd love to see more interactivity somehow plugged in, i.e. being able to read and reply to comments, etc.