Marcus MauneyDec 9, 2022
Tim Chambers

Also love this quote:

"What half-forgotten old protocol might be revived and repurposed?

Consider the example of #RSS. Designed for blogs and news websites, its greatest success had nothing to do with those formats: RSS is the protocol that powers podcasting, all of it, under the hood, invisibly.

Where else is there wiring already in place? What new signals might you send through it?"

cc: @davew

https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/new-avenues/

A year of new avenues

It's 2003 again.

Robin Sloan
Dec 9, 2022 at 4:51amWeb
Show threadColin DevroeDec 9, 2022
@tchambers @davew love this from robin
Show threadJenDec 9, 2022
@tchambers @davew love this! Thanks for sharing it 
Show threadRimuDec 9, 2022

@tchambers @davew Check out the finger protocol. It has potential.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)

Finger (protocol) - Wikipedia

Show threadAnthony SoraceDec 9, 2022

@rimu @tchambers @davew Yes please! Here’s a vague first pass as to what it might look like:

http://txtpunk.com/fingers/

I’d like to get an update of the rfc in to allow for utf-8. I have multiple interoperable implementations I can point to. :-)

:txtpunk; fingers

Show threadMᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢDec 9, 2022
@tchambers @davew It's a pity that RSS is such an ill-conceived "standard". Nobody knows what good RSS is or how it should be used.