actually kind of wonder why no one used that analogy before: feed readers, kind of like email clients except there’s no reply button
Feed reader as email with no reply button is like the definition of blogging as email with no “to” field.
These two quotes provide an interesting framing for comparing and contrasting the UI and functionality for the way that feed readers, email, and blogging (or more broadly networked thinking and communication) work.
Modern social readers provide a reply button and functionality along with the broadcast capabilities. Throw in the idea of person-tagging, and one has the ability to generally broadcast a message to anyone who cares to read (either by search or subscription), as well as to send notifications to specific people (or perhaps groups) that might be interested in the specific message.
In fact, I use the RSSyl plug-in for Claws Mail, so my feed reader is exactly like an email client with no reply capability.
Two true. I intend to take a look at this a little later. Needless to say, I like the brief glimpse. And, that quote was awesome.