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

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

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Post by liquid_x » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:13 PM UTC

Feedly + ReadKit on osx

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

#12

Post by schrodingersCat » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

Feedly + Reeder on OSX

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

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Post by pionar » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

For about a year (I think, whenever Google Reader shut down), I just stopped using them. I relied on sites like Hacker News to get updates (along with Twitter).

I found recently, though, that it was not giving me all the things I thought were relevant to me (especially in the .NET world, where I work).

So, recently, I started using The Old Reader[0]. It's nice and clean, and unobtrusive. It's not slick, but that doesn't matter to me in this area. If there was a nice CLI reader (like Mutt) for RSS, I'd probably use that. I'm thinking that'd be a nice weekend project.

[0]https://theoldreader.com/

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

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

Yes, Inoreader[0]. It's the one that was closest in functionality to Google Reader when it shut down. It's simple and cuts out the bullcrap. Though I've found I've been relying on RSS less these days, just because there are fewer sources I've cared to read from.

[0] https://www.inoreader.com/

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

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Post by agwa » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

Yes, I've been using Liferea [http://lzone.de/liferea/] since 2004. Seeing the rise and fall of Google Reader while meanwhile Liferea steadily progressed from 0.4 to 1.11 I think says a lot about the value of both desktop software and open source. I can still read interesting articles that I "flagged" 10 years ago!