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RSS is like articles without comment sections, completely pointless nowadays. If you can't read corrections, conflicting opinions for something, you might just as well go watch TV. The whole point of Twitter is that it's commentary, not a feed of published articles.
I think part of the issue with RSS is the real pain of dealing with XML. I'm mildly cheering for something like https://jsonfeed.org - which would be a big step towards making a decentralized system more of a reality.
RSS only let you listen. And it only works if you already know who you want to listen to.
Twitter et al expose you to other content you're not already "following" by letting the people you do follow quickly push things in your eyeline.
But RSS is just a format for sharing data. There's no built-in client for having a conversation, for tracking conversations. You ultimately still need a point of centralisation (like HN) to talkk shit about the stuff you're reading.
All in, article is silly nonsense. Apples are way better than oranges.
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Wow I never knew. I would have used it if I knew.
The "rss support" was a folder, filled with links named after the article titles. It was good that it was removed, as it was useless to put it mildly
You're describing the "live bookmarks" feature, which was only one part of the RSS functionality that was removed from Firefox. I never used live bookmarks, but I used the feed discovery and subscription functionality all the time -- only some of which can now be restored with addons.
I just wish Mozilla introduce subscribing to RSS as a first class feature in Firefox. If they can introduce and integrate Pocket, I think an open technology like RSS deserves a fair chance. But they'd need to invest a little bit to make it easy to subscribe—similar to following on Twitter/Instagram or Liking pages on Facebook—to receive site updates. Having to find and enter byzantine URLs is not the way to go althou…
> I just wish Mozilla introduce subscribing to RSS as a first class feature in Firefox. Fortunately, Thunderbird still has this feature.
http://andregarzia.com/2018/11/reading-blogs-with-thunderbir...
I think a similar setup would be good for many people here who wish to read RSS but doesn't want to add another SaaS to their life.
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I've implemented displaying of blog posts comments in BazQux Reader ( https://bazqux.com ) years ago. But in general it works well only for niche sites with good communities. Popular sites have too many spam/bullshit in comments. BTW: it's possible to read Twitter in RSS reader too and make it a "slow web".
How are you fetching the comments? RSS has no support for that as far as I know.
And I'm visiting blog post pages first to check whether they have Disqus comments (which processed separately via Disqus API) and /feed feeds.
You can convert Twitter to RSS: http://twitrss.me
Websites that don't have RSS: https://feedity.com/
Email to RSS: https://zapier.com
Hackernews RSS:http://hnrss.org/newest?points=300
You can even use RSS for finding a job: https://www.indeed.ca/jobs?q=millwright&l=Toronto,+ON&sort=d...
Lately, I've been getting back into RSS to stay up to date with industry news. I've noticed a lot of industry blogs still support RSS. On Mac, I've been using Leaf with no real complaints. I've found many blogs happily serve rss content, even if a button isn't explicitly advertised. Some of the url's I'll try: * example.com/rss.xml * example.com/index.rss * example.com/?feed=rss * example.com/feed/ * exmample.com/fee…
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I use the Awesome RSS addon [1] to get the icon in the URL bar back. Also RSSPreview [2] to see whether the feed actually contains what I want to subscribe to. The previous integration where you could add the feed to Thunderbird directly from Firefox with a single click was much better, though. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/awesome-rss/ [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rssprevie…
Thank you for the two add-on links. I would add Feed Preview [1] to the list. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/feed-preview/
(It's a shame I couldn't have found this on my own. addons.mozilla.org is unbelievably bad for discovering useful addons. It takes a thread like this to turn you on to the good stuff.)
I love RSS feeds. You can convert Twitter to RSS: http://twitrss.me Websites that don't have RSS: https://feedity.com/ Email to RSS: https://zapier.com Hackernews RSS: http://hnrss.org/newest?points=300 You can even use RSS for finding a job: https://www.indeed.ca/jobs?q=millwright&l=Toronto,+ON&sort=d...
And one which converts partial feeds into full-text feeds: https://fivefilters.org/content-only/