Unadorned Gemtext instead of syndication formats

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On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 01:45:27PM -0500, Jacob Moody wrote:
> I don't think something like this would stop people from using something
> like atom or so on as their own feed system, which I find more then fine. If
> servers would like to, they could even offer an automated way of creating
> those types of feeds based on something like the Gemtext implementation. I
> would consider this type of feature to evolve over time for which ever feed
> system is chosen regardless. For me personally I think this satisfies the
> 'complexity when you want it and none if you dont' attitude that I find
> attractive. What I am trying to avoid here is the expectation that servers
> need to provide an xml based feed and the expectation that clients should
> parse it.

Agreed, RSS et al are great and we shouldn't get rid of them. But they
could be viewed as an upgrade path from a basic but functional starting
point.

(Sorry for the repeat message; I failed to send to the list address.)