Is Facebook working on a RSS Reader of their own?
Waddington spotted some mentions of RSS feeds in Facebook’s code. It’s a pretty timely spot, considering Google is closing the most popular RSS reader on July 1st.
Here’s how he describes it:
A new entry appeared – now users have RSS feeds, each RSS feed has multiple entries, and a list of subscribers. What’s surprising is that the code mentions RSS specifically, and distinctly from existing interest lists and friend lists. Also, note that this is unconnected to Facebook outputting RSS feeds, which they’ve done for a while
A RSS feed allow users to subscribe to and pull in online content from news organizations, blogs and videos to keep up with news.
Google’s coming out on RSS reader. There are currently plenty of other RSS readers looking to pick up the pieces when Google Reader officially crumbles and sends users scavenging for a lifeline.