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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 ZeroGravitas »

Vixel wrote: post #11

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.

Some way of grouping things by canonical links would be neat.

Like if HN and lobste.rs (or other link aggregators) both point to a recent news story, then the fact that you've read the url they link to, should be a seperate concept from whether you've 'read' the discussion that points to the link.

And if you seperately have a feed of the originating news site, reading it there would mark it in both places.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by ajvs »

matai_kolila wrote: post #16

I 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.

It's a human right to have privacy. If you want to opt in to sharing everything about yourself to Big Tech and everyone else they sell data to then be my guest, but don't try to make it out to be a "fetish" to avoid this totally unnecessary data collection.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by jmbwell »

matai_kolila wrote: post #16

I 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.

I think the point of privacy is, it isn't anyone else's business why someone would care about it.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by ghostpepper »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #23
Vixel wrote: post #11

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.

Some way of grouping things by canonical links would be neat. Like if HN and lobste.rs (or other link aggregators) both point to a recent news story, then the fact that you've read the url they link to, should be a seperate concept from whether you've 'read' the discussion that points to the link. And if you seperately have a feed of the originating news site, reading it there would mark it in both places.

This doesn't help if you follow, eg. five different news sites and they all report on the same event with largely the same facts (or even the exact same article copy syndicated)
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