Comments on: Forget RSS. Blow Up Atom. Here Comes….Webfeed? http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Robert S. http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24189 Robert S. Wed, 05 May 2004 14:44:36 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24189 <p>I agree with Chad - why not just "feed"?</p> <p>"Web feed" is clunky and redundant in the same way that "internet web site" is.</p> <p>Besides, language usually evolves and declaring something to be so, doesn't make it so. "Web log" became "blog" because someone (apparently Peter Merholtz) coined it and it caught on.</p> <p>Which reminds me, remember the "information super highway" that was so popular years ago? That old thing. "The web" is so much easier, isn't it?</p> I agree with Chad – why not just “feed”?

“Web feed” is clunky and redundant in the same way that “internet web site” is.

Besides, language usually evolves and declaring something to be so, doesn’t make it so. “Web log” became “blog” because someone (apparently Peter Merholtz) coined it and it caught on.

Which reminds me, remember the “information super highway” that was so popular years ago? That old thing. “The web” is so much easier, isn’t it?

]]> By: Griffin http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24188 Griffin Sun, 02 May 2004 12:36:46 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24188 <p>At the ends of the earth..<a href="http://www.freewebs.com/sosite/" rel="nofollow">.</a></p> At the ends of the earth...

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24187 Amy Gahran Sat, 01 May 2004 17:07:02 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24187 <p>ROFL!!!! Serves me right for trying to give up caffeine this week -- I've lost my ability to process double negatives! Sorry about the misunderstanding, John.</p> <p>As I noted in my blog entry yesterday, I too had mixed feelings about the winning nickname. So did the contest judges. But all in all, I do think the contest approach was worth trying, even if the results are rather lukewarm. </p> <p>Well, we'll see what happens with the term.</p> <p>- Amy Gahran</p> ROFL!!!! Serves me right for trying to give up caffeine this week — I’ve lost my ability to process double negatives! Sorry about the misunderstanding, John.

As I noted in my blog entry yesterday, I too had mixed feelings about the winning nickname. So did the contest judges. But all in all, I do think the contest approach was worth trying, even if the results are rather lukewarm.

Well, we’ll see what happens with the term.

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: John Battelle http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24186 John Battelle Sat, 01 May 2004 16:40:37 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24186 <p>No no, I said "I don't not like" it. </p> <p>In other words, I'm not sure how I feel, but the initial response was not negative. </p> No no, I said “I don’t not like” it.

In other words, I’m not sure how I feel, but the initial response was not negative.

]]> By: jr http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24185 jr Sat, 01 May 2004 16:08:05 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24185 <p>It's not a perfect solution, but it's also just as silly as having three semi-random letters associated with it. "Webfeed" doesn't describe what the content is to someone unfamiliar with "the web" or the concept of data feeds, plus with all the various non-compatible syndication formats out there (with different delivery capabilities) we still need to explicitly state what format and version we're using in order to actually use the beast. </p> <p>Might as well call it <a href="http://www.unitedheroes.net/blogs/jr/archives/p/1099" rel="nofollow">Ralph v1.0</a>. </p> <p>(I also still don't understand what the phobia people have regarding acronyms is. Sure, they can be confusing out of context, but then, so can anything else.)</p> It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s also just as silly as having three semi-random letters associated with it. “Webfeed” doesn’t describe what the content is to someone unfamiliar with “the web” or the concept of data feeds, plus with all the various non-compatible syndication formats out there (with different delivery capabilities) we still need to explicitly state what format and version we’re using in order to actually use the beast.

Might as well call it Ralph v1.0.

(I also still don’t understand what the phobia people have regarding acronyms is. Sure, they can be confusing out of context, but then, so can anything else.)

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24184 Amy Gahran Sat, 01 May 2004 15:49:41 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24184 <p>Hi John. Sorry you "don't like" webfeed. It's not a perfect solution, I know. But there's no way to please everyone.</p> <p>- Amy Gahran<br /> Editor, CONTENTIOUS</p> Hi John. Sorry you “don’t like” webfeed. It’s not a perfect solution, I know. But there’s no way to please everyone.

- Amy Gahran
Editor, CONTENTIOUS

]]> By: Chad http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24183 Chad Sat, 01 May 2004 04:13:25 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24183 <p>Can't we just go with feed? Its simple.</p> Can’t we just go with feed? Its simple.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24182 Seth Finkelstein Sat, 01 May 2004 01:51:30 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/04/forget_rss_blow_up_atom_here_comeswebfeed.php#comment-24182 <p>What happened to the combined</p> <p>"Atom RSS Syndication Enabler" == ARSE</p> <p>As in, "ARSE feeds"</p> <p>(inspired by Andrew Orlowski)<br /> </p> What happened to the combined

“Atom RSS Syndication Enabler” == ARSE

As in, “ARSE feeds”

(inspired by Andrew Orlowski)

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