Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ An Ode To RSS, A Vessel Of Freedom In Elearning

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I have to agree with this: "There is probably no technology more beaten down, more discarded by 'innovators,' and yet more irreplaceable and urgent today than RSS." What would I do without RSS? I can't imagine keeping up properly by following people on Facebook or Twitter - so much noise, so little content. "In a world of algorithms thirsty to co-opt not just your data, but your experiences, where the mischievous interests seeking to divide and taking us into eschewing the old for old's same seem to have won, being a user of RSS feels like wearing a badge of honor... without an algorithm deciding what is good for me and what isn't. Without foolish commenters letting me know how I should feel." Image: Alan Levine.

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