Comments on: How to Sell RSS (Or Where the Feed Fanboys Drop the Ball)

By: Gayle Alvis

Gayle Alvis — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:18:31 +0000

Observing trends — it doesn’t have to be descriptive just pronouncable: NASA, laser, modem. Make it rsyn, riss, or whatever — it will join the vernacular.

By: Patricia Crabtree

Patricia Crabtree — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:39:17 +0000

After I finally figured out how to use and read the thing, like e-mail, I do like the concept. And I do agree, that RSS needs another name…so here’s my two cents — Qik-mail or Q-mail, and oh yes, I like R-mail too.

See ya.

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By: Blogrolle -- Es leben die Feeds!

Blogrolle -- Es leben die Feeds! — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:04:54 +0000

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By: Oh Word

Oh Word — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:27:02 +0000

Around the Horn…

… In other news about making something very complicated easier to digest, Brian at CopyBlogger talks about how to get people using RSS feeds. Copyblogger is a good blog to look through if you run a website or blog……

By: Alexis Bellido

Alexis Bellido — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:25:43 +0000

Great discussion.

I think “feed”, “subscribe to feed” and “RSS” should continue to be used.

When words like “email”, “www” and “website” (a web? that’s what spiders do, right?) appeared some years ago, they also sounded geekish.

Now we can hear people saying, “hey!, why don’t you just visit double u, double u, double u, whatever dot com…” I mean, they even spell the three “w”, although we don’t need it anymore.

Let’s keep telling our readers, friends, wife (mine still doesn’t get it) and everybody else about the benefits of RSS.

Once they get it and start using feeds everyday, the terms will be just business as usual, like “fax”, “email”, “ipod” and “pda”.

Trying to find, or invent, new fancy words would just add to the confusion.

Besides, we can’t compare these days to the nineties. When email and the web arrived we had nothing to compare to.

Now, the average Joe and Jane are a little more techie than last decade and their kids were born in the Internet era. I think they can get it easier. It’s just a matter of time.

By: My Machiavellian Approach to RSS Feeds

My Machiavellian Approach to RSS Feeds — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:23:22 +0000

[...] An interesting discussion on how to sell RSS to people who fear stepping out of their email clients. I’d like to initiate a new method of conversion. My tactic will be to flog people with reeds until they start using RSS feeds and aggregators. I will dub my whipping stick the “feed reed,” and the masses will both love and fear the power I possess. Do not look me directly in the eyes or I will make an example out of you. [...]

By: RePeet

RePeet — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:02:59 +0000

What is happening with RSS FEEDS?

You are being fed with information…

So, why not just call it “FEED ME”!!!

Have a Good One*

By: Hope Leman

Hope Leman — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:45:12 +0000

Not offended. You are very sweet.

Very interesting discussion. Wonderful blog.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:45:54 +0000

Most, if not all, of the items on the list have been, or are still currently, delivered by email, either from the same source or some other source.

And I hope I didn’t offend you… I was being very cheeky in my previous response, but I know I can come across the wrong way when I do that.