RSS to IM: FeedCrier debuts
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The time shifted again to an all-together Age. A bunch of Internet users, just like us, read the news through their feed aggregators, which could be standalone application or web services. But Feed Crier is providing a way to read its feeds on instant messengers.
Adam Kasley, previously part of the Pheedo board, described it on his blog.
Feed Crier is an IM bot that delivers real-time RSS feed updates to your desktop over popular instant messaging protocols. For end users, no account creation is necessary — just send a message to the bot (screen name “feedcrier”) containing a feed URL and start getting feed alerts.
Whether IMs have matured enough to rival web browsers, whether it’s a new way to reach the MySpace generation, very keen on IM. Either way, on the Internet, Feed Crier would have to convince us that there’s more value in their service than in Bloglines or Thunderbird RSS reader.
Feed Crier competitors, like Rasasa, have a better plan: Sending RSS to mobile phones. To us, a more promising stronghold to get. And Rasasa has implemented a good feature: content filtering. But Feed Crier is just at its infancy and should provide at least those functionalities.
UPDATE, Aug 22, 2006 ― In a comment to our post, Adam Kalsey rectified us, saying that Feed Crier wouldn’t never be a “replacement for feed readers” but instead a complement. He’s totally right, we’ve missed the most important point. Feed Crier does with IM what service like Feedburner Email or Zookoda do with email.
Aug 21, 2006 | By Nuno
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Thanks for your compliment! Here at Rasasa we’re working hard to improve our service as we think the possibllilties are multitude.
I like the idea of FeedCrier to just send them a rss url!
No need to set up an account or anything and no risk as to sending the alerts to the wrong account.
I don’t think Feed Crier will ever be a replacement for existing feed readers. Instead, it’s intended to be a complement. Many people have feeds they check several times each day, and having instant alerts would e beneficial for those sorts of feeds.