I was a huge fan of RSS for a long time but stopped using it. I found that when I added in multiple feeds of my interests, My feed was littered with the same stories and sometimes even the same content. Also, much of the content had the same ads that were on the sites. So at that point, it was easier to just visit the sites with an ad blocker on.
Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
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Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#12I've been self hosting TT-RSS since Newsblut raised prices some years ago (which was what I switched to when Google Reader closed). My list simply grew over time. Whenever I see an interesting article (doesn't matter where, here, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook) I check if the others are interesting, and if so, I subscribe. Almost everything worth reading has a feed.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#13I recently started using RSS again (self-hosted with miniflux). One difficulty I have is that these kinds of RSS feeds in OP are way too high-volume for me. But it can be hard to find good blogs or RSS feeds without relying on Twitter to find them. Back in the day, more people used to include a list of blogs they follow on their own blogs, I thought this was a great practice. A few still do, like this very interestin…
+1 for miniflux! It’s great for low-volume, high-quality blogs. It’s got features to keep track of more frequent updates too, if you can be bothered to categorize them.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#14I recently started using RSS again (self-hosted with miniflux). One difficulty I have is that these kinds of RSS feeds in OP are way too high-volume for me. But it can be hard to find good blogs or RSS feeds without relying on Twitter to find them. Back in the day, more people used to include a list of blogs they follow on their own blogs, I thought this was a great practice. A few still do, like this very interestin…
You can follow twitter feeds in RSS via Nitter instances. Just place /rss after a profile URL.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#15lobste.rs/s is a missed oppurtunity
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#16I just don’t understand the obsession with privacy at all cost. What has anyone actually had happen to them as a result of their Reddit or YouTube browsing history?
This just seems like reverse voyeurism, and while that’s fine, it’s odd to assume anyone else shares that fetish with you.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#17I'm a fan of RSS and interoperability in general. That's why I added full-text RSS on Postcard [1] sites.
Metrics-driven OKRs processes are at odds with privacy-first protocols. The sad reality at most companies is "if we can't measure it, we ain't gonna do it" - even if everybody is asking for it. This is why OKRs suck.
So, I blame OKRs for getting rid of RSS and open protocols in general.
[1] https://updates.postcard.page/posts/new-on-postcard-rss-easi...
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#18PSA: enable CORS[1] so people can make cross-origin requests without having to run a proxy.
PSA #2: set things up so the author field of your feed includes your email address (e.g. "Alice ") and not just your bare name, so people can more easily get in touch with you without having to click through to the original post and then hunt around for your contact page; otherwise, you might never find out it's broken[2].
1. https://enable-cors.org>
2. https://pointersgonewild.com/2019/11/02/they-might-never-tel...>
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#19I make heavy use of https://kill-the-newsletter.com/ to convert e-mail newsletters into RSS feeds -- IMO the RSS reader context is way better than an email inbox for consuming newslettery content.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#20Nice to know that YouTube does RSS.
It’s one of those features that feels like someone forgot they support it and I fear the day when they remove it.