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		frou_dh on Jan 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried > And even for technical users like me, [RSS] isn't solving the main problem I have which is discovering new and interesting content. I have no expectation for it to solve that. It serves its purpose well. I'm thankful for widespread RSS and love using it.

stanleydrew on Jan 2, 2011 [–]

To be clear I have no expectation for RSS to solve the discoverability problem either, and I think RSS/Atom/PubSubHubbub is very useful. I'm just noting why I believe they aren't heavily used by most people, and in particular, me.

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