Rest in Peace, RSS

May 5, 2009 | Source: TechCrunch

“It’s time to get completely off RSS and switch to Twitter,” advises technology journalist Steve Gillmor.

“Twitter, not RSS, became the early warning system for new content. Facebook, not RSS, became the social Rolodex for events, casual introductions to RSS’ lifeblood, the people behind the feeds. FriendFeed, not RSS, captured the commentsphere. RSS got locked out of its own party….

“The race for realtime is already won…. Realtime is the time for artists, for interpreting the stream and sending deeply nuanced signals with humor, music, respect for the dialogue but none for the chattering of the false debates of the cable networks.”