plantimals on Nostr: I am glad to have a reasonable conversation. I agree that the file format is not a ...
I am glad to have a reasonable conversation.
I agree that the file format is not a problem. It successfully conveys the information we need. And indeed, it could be copied to multiple places, signed, etc.
My point is that the same job can be done in a much better way if it were #NOSTRNative. One aspect is that RSS is a polling process where the file is downloaded at a regular interval and scanned for new contents. This paradigm is inverted by nostr, where an event can be published when there is new content, eliminating the wasteful traffic spent polling.
You are right that relays still depend on domain names and servers. I just think that NOSTR will offer a better pathway to substrate independence and uncensorability.
The pathway to a better version of what RSS is trying to accomplish will be found in using NOSTR directly, rather than reimplmenting some kind of identity and auth scheme for RSS.
My guess is that most of the blogs and podcasts I follow will one day originate as NOSTR notes and get syndicated into RSS feeds by services offering such. I am working on just such a service myself. I don't want someone like you to have to choose. I want the content to be addressable in whatever format you prefer.
"The core ideas of nostr offers redundancy and identity, both of which can be adopted into the RSS feed. "
In this we are in close agreement. And thank you for your reasoned response.
I agree that the file format is not a problem. It successfully conveys the information we need. And indeed, it could be copied to multiple places, signed, etc.
My point is that the same job can be done in a much better way if it were #NOSTRNative. One aspect is that RSS is a polling process where the file is downloaded at a regular interval and scanned for new contents. This paradigm is inverted by nostr, where an event can be published when there is new content, eliminating the wasteful traffic spent polling.
You are right that relays still depend on domain names and servers. I just think that NOSTR will offer a better pathway to substrate independence and uncensorability.
The pathway to a better version of what RSS is trying to accomplish will be found in using NOSTR directly, rather than reimplmenting some kind of identity and auth scheme for RSS.
My guess is that most of the blogs and podcasts I follow will one day originate as NOSTR notes and get syndicated into RSS feeds by services offering such. I am working on just such a service myself. I don't want someone like you to have to choose. I want the content to be addressable in whatever format you prefer.
"The core ideas of nostr offers redundancy and identity, both of which can be adopted into the RSS feed. "
In this we are in close agreement. And thank you for your reasoned response.