article on RSS: tired of centralized web apps deciding what to show you? Use RSS!
Ed: yeah!
article: Use these centralized RSS web apps, now using AI to decide what to show you!
Ed: [over here using just a desktop app] ...
"RSS's true failing is that it doesn't allow publishers to track user behavior, which we need because the modern internet content economy is built around advertising"
get directly out of here with that
@RadicalEdward Please, no. Don’t litter the ocean. The Mariana Trench did not deserve this.
@RadicalEdward where does this bullshit come from?! 😱
@RadicalEdward you can easily stick tracking pixels in the html, if you're forced to infect it like that
@RadicalEdward ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
@RadicalEdward
Gosh this makes me so sad and angry...
@RadicalEdward Maybe I am wrong, but couldn't you count your readers by logging the downloads of images in the article?
This is of course not “true” tracking.
"RSS also offers very few opportunities for branding content effectively. "
drop kicks article into the Mariana Trench