Post #1806360
2026-02-22 11:18 UTC
@james thankfully no kludge is necessary here, there is a structured way of expressing "here is this episode on another platform": contentLink
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/tags/content-link.md
still usable by apps and @nathan
if nothing means anything, why not use the image tag? it also has a url and a content-type
what is the argument _for_ putting youtube links in alternateEnclosure? Budget for rss tags exhausted? "I just kind of learned about this concept, incompletely, and it's sort of close"? I don't get it
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@nathan@xoxo.zone 2026-02-22 14:20
@js @james And to chime in before a certain talking point rears its head: There's a persistent mischaracterization that `contentLink` would require apps to display outbound links that send users away from the app. This is false and needs to be corrected. Supporting `contentLink` doesn't mean showing outbound links. It means parsing URLs that describe where content exists and each app choosing for itself how to present them, if at all.