Simple Update Protocol

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Simple Update Protocol, or SUP, is a protocol developed by FriendFeed to simplify and speed up RSS and Atom feed updates. Updates from services that supported the protocol would appear on FriendFeed within seconds,^[1] until support was dropped. These sites include Disqus, Identi.ca, reddit^{[failed verification]}.^[2]