Ask HN: Do you still use RSS? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by ikejix » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:28 PM UTC

Yes, I use feedly for many blogs.

I also have many scripts that scrape web page and generate RSS.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by djsumdog » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:29 PM UTC

stanski wrote: post #28

Just going to plug Tiny Tiny RSS here since no one else has mentioned it: https://tt-rss.org/ It's a PHP-based server-side reader with lots of customizations and great Android support.

Yep, I love TinyRSS. I use it for webcomics, blogs, even YouTube so I don't have to use their shitty web interface. Here are some dockerfiles I made:

https://github.com/sumdog/bee2/tree/master/dockerfiles/TTRSS

https://github.com/sumdog/bee2/tree/master/dockerfiles/TTRSS...

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by joemaller1 » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:31 PM UTC

No and I miss it. But I don’t see it as a technology issue anymore. The rise of video and podcasts have greatly reduced the signal to noise ratio. Even if we were to assume the conversations are as interesting and relevant, that content is slower to consume by orders of magnitude.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by mipmap04 » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:31 PM UTC

dilap wrote: post #14

Tragically, no. After Google killed Reader, I (amazingly) couldn't find another client that didn't have some fatal flaw that didn't make it not worth the bother. I now use the dumb, low-tech solution of having a few folders of bookmarks of sites in various categories, which I'll occasionally check using "Open in Tabs". Lamentable

At one point, I was building a service that allowed you to build digests of collections of feeds and presented the articles in a reddit-style view. Additionally, if others had the articles in their digests, it added a comment section. Is this something you would use? I had trouble gaining traction with the service and shuttered it, but I think about starting it again often.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by curiousfab » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:31 PM UTC

Yes, using rss2email for about 100 items a day, mostly blogs and forum posts. They end up in a RSS folder and are quickly processed with your favourite MUA (mutt in my case).

I make sure that any new sites I build offer RSS and / or Atom feeds.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by celsoazevedo » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:31 PM UTC

Yes. Moved to feedly when google reader was closed. It's useful to follow news, blogs, etc. The idea of using social media to replace RSS never worked for me, specially after platforms like Facebook started hiding content from our timelines, so I never stopped using RSS.

I also listen to podcasts and that's all powered by RSS feeds.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by skinnyasianboi » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:32 PM UTC

Absolute. I'm using the Nextcloud News plugin which works great and keeps in sync between my devices. Actually I even wrote my own Android client. Because I couldn't find the perfect reader app for me.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by bluegreyred » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:32 PM UTC

Yes, I consider it my main source of internet news.

Selfhosted, no additional ads except for those on the sites, no algorithm trying to keep me "in" with noisy influencer clickbait. I rarely add sites but I'm quick to remove them if they become too sensationalist/inaccurate.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by Fileformat » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

Yes. I use Newsblur (commercial website/app)

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

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Post by hpaavola » Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

Yes. I use feed2imap to follow rarely updated blogs.