Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#1

Post by thinkingkong » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

If so, which one do you use? If not, how are you actually monitoring updates from all your favorite news sources?

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#2

Post by imkevinxu » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:03 PM UTC

I still swear by NetNewsWire http://netnewswireapp.com/

My protip is I only subscribe to personal blogs with infrequent update schedules. So no TechCrunch and no Engadget, etc

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#3

Post by sp332 » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:08 PM UTC

Yup, I used to use Google Reader, but switched to https://newsblur.com/ The app is fast and polished, and the dev is very responsive. https://twitter.com/NewsBlur (Hi conesus!)

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#4

Post by ssivark » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:09 PM UTC

Feedly

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#5

Post by Someone1234 » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:09 PM UTC

Never got into RSS, so no.

Reddit and Hacker News. Aggregates everything together and crops out much of the nonsense (although both have a bias, so some points of view are inherently filtered).

Only big downside is no offline availability. However in my limited trials with RSS the promise of offline was rarely delivered up to a workable standard (e.g. pages would be so mangled it was painful to read them, key images missing, etc).

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#6

Post by jfb » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:11 PM UTC

I use Reeder [1], backed by Feed Wrangler [2]. I have a few hundred feeds, many of which rarely update. I find it an invaluable way to keep up with interesting and important news; I use RSS the way many people use Twitter, apparently.

[1] http://reederapp.com

[2] https://feedwrangler.net/welcome.html