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The Rise and Demise of RSS

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The complicated story behind RSS' triumphs and failures.

This post was originally published on September 16th, 2018 . What follows is a revision that includes additional information gleaned from interviews with Ramanathan Guha, Ian Davis, Dan Libby, and Kevin Werbach. A version of this post was also published by Vice News . About a decade ago, the average internet user might well have heard of RSS. Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary—what the acronym stands for depends on who you ask—is a standard that websites and podcasts can use to offer a feed of content to their users, one easily understood by lots of different computer programs. To

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