At +The Verge, +Dieter Bohn provides a great explanation of why RSS is still so important and Twitter is not an adequate replacement
First and foremost, Twitter is not an open web standard, it's a service from a private company that once offered a relatively open API but now does not. Depending on a single company's largess when it comes to creating an open and viable third-party app ecosystem is a fool's game.
Why RSS still matters
Google’s bombshell last night that it would be shutting down the Google Reader RSS client hit the web, well, like a bomb. Just as with any major tech event, it spurred a raft of reactions on what…
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