Stephen Downes

In 1998 or so my website was RSS feed number 31. That's the number it was assigned on the Netscape Netcenter, at the time the only platform for reading RSS feeds, where it sat alongside feeds for things like Wired and Dave Winer. RSS - also known as 'Rich Site Summary' or 'Really Simple Syndication' has been my go-to ever since. I use it every day, it's the source of a lot of what you see in this newsletter, and of course I use it to distribute these posts, my articles, and even my talks as a podcast. So I'm pretty supportive of what Ben Werdmuller is saying here as he makes the pitch for continued community support for what is essentially a core piece of internet infrastructure.