alt Hacker Newswhile rss is nice, it really shouldn't be required to be considered a blog.
being "followed" isn't always a good thing, it can create pressure to pander to your audience, the same thing that makes social media bad.
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susam • yesterday at 10:44 AM
> while rss is nice, it really shouldn't be required to be considered a blog.
I agree. A blog is literally a web log. A chronological sequence of posts published on the web. RSS is certainly helpful for syndication and distribution but I wouldn't consider it to be a defining part of what a web log is.
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qudat • yesterday at 12:33 PM
I agree but I could also imagine a world where a minimally viable blog is just an RSS feed.
citizenkeen • yesterday at 10:55 AM
I don’t think RSS is required for soldering to be a blog, but I do think it’s required for it to be a viable one.
> it can create pressure to pander to your audience
RSS creates no such pressure, as you needn't be aware of who/what is following you. It's a convenience function simply for the convenience, rather than as a form and measure of external validation.