Why Are People Still Creating RSS Feeds?

Question

...instead of using the Atom syndication format?

Atom is a well-defined, general-purpose XML syndication format. RSS is fractured into four different versions. All the m

Answer 1

Vincent, I'm not suggesting that anyone rewrite existing RSS feeds just for the sake of it, that would be a big waste of time! In terms of RSS being the acronym that defines the category, I'm guessing that most users now identify with the orange feed icon, rather than the specific flavour of XML behind it.