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Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by benoliver999 »

skybrian wrote: post #40
TheCowboy wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's complicated, and I think it's less malicious in a way that "kneecapped" implies. Sure, RSS still exists in some form, but I think the utility of it has been in decline, and a lot of 'content' simply isn't accessible by RSS feed anymore. An argument can be made that they provided an RSS reader service no one could come close to matching and basically dominated the area. Google's deep support also helped it prolif…

I haven’t noticed a decline in support for RSS. Essentially all blogs support it, even relatively new ones like Substack that are more email-centric.

Even YouTube has RSS feeds

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by TheCowboy »

skybrian wrote: post #40
TheCowboy wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's complicated, and I think it's less malicious in a way that "kneecapped" implies. Sure, RSS still exists in some form, but I think the utility of it has been in decline, and a lot of 'content' simply isn't accessible by RSS feed anymore. An argument can be made that they provided an RSS reader service no one could come close to matching and basically dominated the area. Google's deep support also helped it prolif…

I haven’t noticed a decline in support for RSS. Essentially all blogs support it, even relatively new ones like Substack that are more email-centric.

I didn't say "decline in support for RSS" but there are many examples of them being removed.

Twitter dropped RSS completely. Facebook dropped them for pages. And then other large sites (Youtube I think is one if I recall right) made it less of a public feature.

Twitter is one that's pretty annoying because there is a lot that gets posted there first before it's published or not published elsewhere at all.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by openrisk »

skybrian wrote: post #40
TheCowboy wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's complicated, and I think it's less malicious in a way that "kneecapped" implies. Sure, RSS still exists in some form, but I think the utility of it has been in decline, and a lot of 'content' simply isn't accessible by RSS feed anymore. An argument can be made that they provided an RSS reader service no one could come close to matching and basically dominated the area. Google's deep support also helped it prolif…

I haven’t noticed a decline in support for RSS. Essentially all blogs support it, even relatively new ones like Substack that are more email-centric.

The decline in support for RSS is more visible on the client side. Sure there are reader options for the determined, especially if technically minded, but that's a marginal population.

In today's hyperconcentrated digital landscape about the only thing that matters for mass market relevance are the default options on client software controlled by gatekeepers.

Mozilla too has abandoned RSS, which may or may not be correlated with them being (alas) increasingly irrelevant.

Eventually lack of popular RSS clients lead to slow decline on the server side as well. A new and fancy website today using a "modern" stack more likely than not does not support RSS, its fully aligned with the "follow us on XYZ" mentality.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by mikae1 »

blakesterz wrote: post #11
simonw wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google Reader shut down nearly 12 years ago. Its legacy now is that there are still people who are pissed off about that, and I get the impression that a surprising amount of them are now in positions where they get to make purchasing decisions over whether or not to buy Google Cloud. (Being a Mac+iPhone person I've settled in quite happily with NetNewsWire now, but it took me a few years to get there.)

My distrust of Google certainly started with the shutdown of Reader. Everything they've done since has made it worse. I was in the position to choose a cloud provider several years ago and would not even consider GCP. I seriously doubt they'll kill GCP, but I see no reason to take a chance on anything Google does outside of search, docs, mail and the core things.

My self hosted FreshRSS instance is better than Google Reader ever was.

Just about every website and service I use has feeds.

People/geeks are rediscovering RSS.

I think this might be the golden age of RSS.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by ghfhghg »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #4

RSS and AT Proto have been on my mind all week. Even though RSS is my main source of news, it’s impossible to get around the fact that the (incredibly, unfathomably stupid) shutdown of Google Reader kneecapped it. AT Protocol is more than “let’s make Twitter more open” — it’s an open protocol for anything that’s real-time and shareable. I was never a big Google Reader guy, I liked traditional clients like NetNewsWire…

How did Google Reader dying kneecap RSS? I still use it to this day

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

ghfhghg wrote: post #46
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #4

RSS and AT Proto have been on my mind all week. Even though RSS is my main source of news, it’s impossible to get around the fact that the (incredibly, unfathomably stupid) shutdown of Google Reader kneecapped it. AT Protocol is more than “let’s make Twitter more open” — it’s an open protocol for anything that’s real-time and shareable. I was never a big Google Reader guy, I liked traditional clients like NetNewsWire…

How did Google Reader dying kneecap RSS? I still use it to this day

I can't remember the exact history, but Google's dropping of Reader may have encouraged browser manufacturers to drop their support of RSS.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

skybrian wrote: post #40
TheCowboy wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's complicated, and I think it's less malicious in a way that "kneecapped" implies. Sure, RSS still exists in some form, but I think the utility of it has been in decline, and a lot of 'content' simply isn't accessible by RSS feed anymore. An argument can be made that they provided an RSS reader service no one could come close to matching and basically dominated the area. Google's deep support also helped it prolif…

I haven’t noticed a decline in support for RSS. Essentially all blogs support it, even relatively new ones like Substack that are more email-centric.

I found a blog yesterday, from a well-known indie gamedev, with no feed at all. No RSS, no atom. It was quite shocking because the vast, vast majority have one.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by victorbjorklund »

Boltgolt wrote: post #43
edoceo wrote: post #14

I'll make a plug for n8n which is a tool to rig stuff to other stuff. I bet it could do this. https://n8n.io/ Can self host too

> AI-native It's IFTTT with an LLM integrated?

maybe more an open source zapier and its history goes back way before LLM:s. It is a good no code product for selfhosting (just a user, no connection to the company)

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by ghfhghg »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #47
ghfhghg wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did Google Reader dying kneecap RSS? I still use it to this day

I can't remember the exact history, but Google's dropping of Reader may have encouraged browser manufacturers to drop their support of RSS.

Ah that tracks. I never used a browser and initially used the Google reader app and then switched to an alternate app afterwards
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