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Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by MattyRad »

bibanez wrote: post #146
MattyRad wrote: post #144

I've used RSS to follow all media for the past 2 years (FreshRSS+FeedMe, I have a guide here https://soapstone.mradford.com/hn-rss-guide/ ). It's been the single best thing I've done to reclaim my attention. Here's a couple of other random thoughts: - Being able to dismiss articles where the headline is the story is really valuable. For example, I just dismissed "Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun (techcrunch.com)"- i…

I really like your reasoning. The only problem I see is that if everyone did what you propose, we wouldn't have Hacker News at all (upvotes, in the end, must come from somewhere). So from a Kantian ethical point of view, it doesn't really work. There ought to be a better solution. But on a personal level, I wholeheartedly agree

I take your point. But note that I'm here upvoting and commenting still!

I saw the link to this article in my RSS feed, and I took the time to open a browser, find the link, and comment because RSS adoption is something that I genuinely want to have a conversation about.

Which means that with RSS, you can still be a part of the community, you just won't reflexively upvote or spend time in the comments section.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by jayant_kaushik »

sys_64738 wrote: post #34
jayant_kaushik wrote: post #21

I use Inoreader. Terrific app. With RSS I am able to add feeds of websites which normally have a paywall.

I've been using INO Reader since Google Reader Death Day and totally agree. Didn't know about the paywall. What does that mean?

Publications that have a paywall on their website often offer the same articles using RSS, and those RSS feeds don’t have any paywall, full article for free. So it’s a good idea to check if a subscription dependent site also offers RSS. But in many cases the paywall exists in RSS article as well, in that case I use 12ft.io (have a iOS shortcut).

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by llanowarelves »

bgro wrote: post #128

Can anybody recommend a RSS program that works on Windows that isn't terrible? Or that literally does the minimum requirement of works? I don't know what happened, but when I tried to find something earlier this year, it looked like there was nothing that was a simple RSS without extra bloat that wasn't abandonware and that actually literally worked. Every time I ask this, 90% of the answers just say use X Android ap…

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Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by largepeepee »

carrotcarrot wrote: post #154
jerlam wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes it is shocking how few upvotes you need to get to the HN frontpage.

It's shocking on many platforms. I can't find a citation but I swear I read a study (or small experiment, more likely) which showed the first two votes determine the fate of most posts on reddit. You can use bots on twitter to similarly guide "the hivemind", I receny learned the intelligence term for this practice is "consensus cracking". There's even guides on the internet: https://edith.reisen/computers/security/fo…

Depends on how active is the subreddit and heavily botted it is.

Using wsb as an example, you used to see quality posts with 20 upvotes then the 2020s roll around, bots and scrawlers started inflating the needed numbers and even with thousand of upvotes, some posts were blatant ads after wsb proved it had alot of wealthy eyes.

The main pages of reddit have the same problems full of bots that flood into selected posts almost immediately after it gets posted, this is especially obvious during election years, where billions are burned to "let us discover what the popular concensus is".

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by kirso »

I never used RSS until I tried Readwise's Reader (not affiliated with them, just a paying customer). It really relieved all the stress of constantly shuffling through the email inbox thinking I missed something. I read less, but feel more calm.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by toxicFork »

bibanez wrote: post #146
MattyRad wrote: post #144

I've used RSS to follow all media for the past 2 years (FreshRSS+FeedMe, I have a guide here https://soapstone.mradford.com/hn-rss-guide/ ). It's been the single best thing I've done to reclaim my attention. Here's a couple of other random thoughts: - Being able to dismiss articles where the headline is the story is really valuable. For example, I just dismissed "Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun (techcrunch.com)"- i…

I really like your reasoning. The only problem I see is that if everyone did what you propose, we wouldn't have Hacker News at all (upvotes, in the end, must come from somewhere). So from a Kantian ethical point of view, it doesn't really work. There ought to be a better solution. But on a personal level, I wholeheartedly agree

"if everyone did X" should automatically evaluate to "false".

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by Hard_Space »

jeffgreco wrote: post #19

I 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.

KillTheNewsletter is essential to my Inoreader set-up, which has hundreds of feeds to fuel my writing. It's an incredible service!
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