The focus here is on consumption, but IMHO it's also an ideal time to return to decentralized publishing, too [blogs, personal ("vanity") websites, etc.].
Of course the two go hand-in-hand... but maybe instead of trying to replace FB or Medium, it'd be better to take this alternate federated approach.
It's time to head back to RSS?
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Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#282I really just want a local app for doing this that doesn't suck. Google Reader really masterfully killed all the momentum behind local RSS clients, I guess.
Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#283I’ve been using a hosted copy of TIny Tiny RSS (https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss/wiki) for a few years now combined with Fiery Feeds on iOS. It’s been rock solid for me, it took a few weeks to dial in my settings for TTRSS but once those were locked in It’s pretty empowering to filter out a lot of the noise in the news cycle.
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#284Earlier quoted context omitted.
Podcasting feels like an alternate reality where none of the massive players took over and everything stayed federated.
Yep. It's perplexing that a YouTube for podcasts (with centralized ad serving and similar profit sharing) hasn't emerged. The space is endearing - maybe that's why it is so vibrant?
I think what quickly became entrenched was the apps people used, which happened to be built on the decentralized model.
Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#285After reading just the title - it was never time to leave RSS in the first place.
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#286Multiple sources in one place, no new account, no giving away your email, no re-skimming over read/skipped articles (across sorces if your reader is any good), filters for known garbage (domains with pay/sign-up walls, blog spam, etc.). My frustration with YouTube subscription mechanics is what resparked my interest in RSS years ago, that's when I found out most channels have a hidden RSS feed. Reddit has them, but t…
This sort of thing makes me wonder .. well why are we on this proprietary site here; why isn't the HN community using a decentralised sharing system?
Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#287I really just want a local app for doing this that doesn't suck. Google Reader really masterfully killed all the momentum behind local RSS clients, I guess.
On what OS? And what are your criteria for "doesn't suck"?
Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#288Not finished ( performance), but my personal bookmarking site ( like HN or Reddit) supports the auto-download of Feeds and implements Tags through it ( RSS based).
http://handlr.sapico.me/Home/Newest
For now, it's usefull for me personally, but it seriously needs a update.
It also supports url customizers ( eg. preventing paywalls from certain sites to redirect through the facebook share url)
Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#289Have been using https://inoreader.com since the Year Google Reader closed, and imho, it's better than Feedly. I'm also usually reading HN via my full-text feed. Meaning, I don't have to load a link every time, I focus on the articles first, and I can easily pre-load everything for offline reading on mobile. I think, in case of RSS such online services are superior to self-hosted solutions - whether server or client -…
What makes it better than Feedly? I've been using Feedly since Google Reader closed and I think it pretty much nails this simple tool. How is it even possible to be much better?
Whenever I'm on slow internet I appreciate loading "mobilized content" - it will show you contents of the article right on the site. Also in general it felt a lot faster than feedly (left 2yrs ago though, feedly might've changed).
Re: It's time to head back to RSS?
#290Yes and irc and usenet.