TextCasting

Dave Winer frame: http://textcasting.org/

In textcasting, the equivalent of an MP3 is a document. See (2022-11-24) Winer What is a Document.

We're at a good moment where there is no dominant feed reader or microblogging site.

It's a good time to get in at the beginning of something that could be even bigger than podcasting, for text.

Interop between social media apps and the features writers need.

Moving documents between networked apps.

Titles are optional

Links. This is what makes the web so powerful

Simple styling, bold and italic.

Enclosures

Unlimited length.

Editable

Styling and links could be implemented by running the text through a Markdown parser, and would provide extra formatting features like numbered and bulleted lists.

Apps don't have to support every feature. But you should pass through what you're sent, making it possible for your app to peer with services that support other parts of the spec

Let's call the things we write and publish on social networks posts. That term has the longest history, it's simple, one syllable, and isn't tied to a particular system