Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by zabana » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 2:43 PM UTC

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

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Post by Mrat » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:11 PM UTC

Actually, no.

But I consider it a useful and unexpensive feature so I'll support it on my blog nevertheless.

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Post by eps » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:12 PM UTC

Yes. It's still the most convenient way to keep up with news, blogs, product updates, etc. It's also a fantastic way to keep an eye on the competition :)

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by ericbarnes » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:13 PM UTC

Yes, reading all my subscriptions through Feedbin is part of my morning routine. So much less stressful than trying to read a social media feed with everyone sharing about whatever outrage of the day is.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by karlicoss » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:13 PM UTC

Yes. I don't understand how else I'm supposed to receive content without constantly rechecking everything and having to remember where I stopped previously.

What is more, I've got bunch of scripts that do keyword search for topics that interest me on Reddit/Hackernews/GitHub/pinboard and generate private RSS feeds. That way I can quickly skim through them once in a while and stay up to date without having to do manual searches.

P.S. if the website doesn't support RSS, you can still use one of feed generators that basically scrape the website now and then and generate the feed. I've used http://fetchrss.com so far, there are also some open source/selfhosted alternatives like https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge