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An RSS reader does almost everything I'd expect my fully distributed Twitter instance to do. Only thing missing is ability to post, packaged into the same client.

[ephbit]

RSS doesn't let people lead discussions through their posts, or did I get something wrong about RSS?

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Somehow this usecase completely eluded me when I've sought about how easy it is to setup a way for publishing updates / receiving updates from people you're subscribed to. I can't think of a way for getting content from random commenters in a discussion with a passive RSS-like subscription. At least not without forcing OP to host links to everyone's comments, or involving a third party.

[Kye]

Used to be people would follow blogs through RSS as people made posts, response posts, etc. The quality of discussion was much higher.