That’s a great suggestion. Especially for indie podcasts. Thank you @ellativity
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For years now, I’ve had this feeling that RSS is under attack. I’ve noticed many websites are using bot blockers to stop web scraping. Not only do they not offer RSS feeds for their websites but are now actively blocking anyone trying to create feeds of their content. As a curator, this sucks because RSS is the best way to keep up with everything.
Couldn't agree more. At the same time, I see the impact of web scraping on communities, and the devastation of having your hard work ripped off by other people for their own fame or monetary gain.
We're of a certain age when we remember the internet being a different place, where ideas were shared more freely because there were fewer people waiting to jump on any opportunity to claim it as their own and exploit it.
I think a lot of us are attracted to the Forem project because we've grown tired of the hypermonetization landgrab of the internet, and we hope that by being able to host our own communities we can turn back the clock a little. The idealist in me wants that to be true so badly. It tries to convince my inner cynic that although Pandora's box is open and untold woes have been released, autonomous community spaces have always been a place of dissent and hope irl (you're a hip hop head, so iykyk) - and they can be the same in the virtual realm too.
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That’s a great suggestion. Especially for indie podcasts. Thank you @ellativity !
For years now, I’ve had this feeling that RSS is under attack. I’ve noticed many websites are using bot blockers to stop web scraping. Not only do they not offer RSS feeds for their websites but are now actively blocking anyone trying to create feeds of their content. As a curator, this sucks because RSS is the best way to keep up with everything.
Couldn't agree more. At the same time, I see the impact of web scraping on communities, and the devastation of having your hard work ripped off by other people for their own fame or monetary gain.
We're of a certain age when we remember the internet being a different place, where ideas were shared more freely because there were fewer people waiting to jump on any opportunity to claim it as their own and exploit it.
I think a lot of us are attracted to the Forem project because we've grown tired of the hypermonetization landgrab of the internet, and we hope that by being able to host our own communities we can turn back the clock a little. The idealist in me wants that to be true so badly. It tries to convince my inner cynic that although Pandora's box is open and untold woes have been released, autonomous community spaces have always been a place of dissent and hope irl (you're a hip hop head, so iykyk) - and they can be the same in the virtual realm too.