Not conquering the world doesn't mean you're dead. I never conquered the world, but I'm very much alive.
We need to get rid of this idea that the only way to survive is to dominate. You can survive in a niche. There are still people using IRC, even. New things become popular, but there will always be people who don't go along with the latest fad and either stick with a previous one or jump ahead to the next one.
Personally, I've never really used RSS, but I'm seriously thinking of starting, particularly because of the demise of Google+. (Google+ really is dead, or at least dying soon, but that is because Google is actively pulling the plug.) Google+ got me into contact with a number of blogs whose owners posted their blog updates on G+. Now that G+ is dying, I need a new way to keep up to date, and I find myself looking for a new social network that allows me to follow blogs of people who themselves may not be using that network. RSS is the obvious answer here. I believe Hubzilla supports RSS, so that's immediately an interesting candidate to me.
you will note that I did not say it was dead, I explained the urge on other people's part to label it as such. I do believe it is dying in the same way someone with a degenerative disease is, slowly over years, with a few major hits to come that will make everyone say 'now it's really happening. It's also sad because this disease is one that could be halted, even turned around, if it was to the interest of anyone with the power to do so.
you may be alive, but xlink is pretty much dead.
irc may be alive but I don't think anyone argues it is in good health.
RSS is alive but it doesn't get out of the house much and there are a lot of rumours as to how bad exactly the condition is.
We need to get rid of this idea that the only way to survive is to dominate. You can survive in a niche. There are still people using IRC, even. New things become popular, but there will always be people who don't go along with the latest fad and either stick with a previous one or jump ahead to the next one.
Personally, I've never really used RSS, but I'm seriously thinking of starting, particularly because of the demise of Google+. (Google+ really is dead, or at least dying soon, but that is because Google is actively pulling the plug.) Google+ got me into contact with a number of blogs whose owners posted their blog updates on G+. Now that G+ is dying, I need a new way to keep up to date, and I find myself looking for a new social network that allows me to follow blogs of people who themselves may not be using that network. RSS is the obvious answer here. I believe Hubzilla supports RSS, so that's immediately an interesting candidate to me.