RSS+SSE will replace email
Posted by matt on 12 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: rss, davewiner, opml, SSE, skinnyfarm, IM, spam
I’ve always dreamed of RSS replacing email as a spam-free person-to-person communication device.
Adam Curry says it’s not possible, though I don’t see why anyone would believe him. I’ve never heard or read Dave Winer talk about if this was possible.
For me, I originally thought a system of RSS+SSE might be possible for this, except for the fact that it would seem no better than email because of SPAM issues, so why bother?
I met Jim Moore at OPMLCamp a few months back and recently sent him a note. He’s using a service called Spam Snag to pro-actively stop SPAM.
I got a reply and had to click-through before my email and any subsequent emails got through.
It occurred to me that by building that into the protocol, we could create a better, stronger, faster messaging service right on top of RSS.
I’ll think on this some more. I did have some wine with dinner, so I may be missing an obvious reason why this won’t be feasible.
