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Originally Posted by Jel
Also edgeprod, looking at your API thread - I currently can't change an rss feed the way I want it to look, unless a sponsor has an API and not just a normal rss feed, correct? So at present, again going by your other thread, the lack of sponsor APIs = tons and tons and tons of dupe content, as opposed to just tons of dupe content with APIs, or would that pretty much be the same amount of dupe content if eg every sponsor started using them, just displayed in a different order?
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Think of it this way:
When a sponsor gives you RSS, you are stuck with what they provide. Not just the text, but the pictures, the RESOURCES available to you. With an API, *you* choose the resources.
Let's say you're trying to win a contest for the best cherry pie. Do you want to use the store-brand cherry pie kit (RSS) or make it from scratch (API)? Which do you think surfers would prefer, and which would generate the most signups?
And API works like:
Ok, I want to pull the 3 most recent sets, and then these 7 specific sets, 5 pics per set, and post them to here, here, and here. RSS works like this: I want to pull X amount of sets to ... here. Using the options the SPONSOR gives me, not necessarily what I'd prefer.