Substack Reader: An RSS feed reader for tracking newsletter subscriptions

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Post by wh-uws » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 4:31 PM UTC

Substack Reader: An RSS feed reader for tracking newsletter subscriptions
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Post by imsky » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:26 PM UTC

Will be interesting to see if this becomes the Google Reader replacement missing all these years. Substack is uniquely positioned to offer this kind of product.

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Post by blakesterz » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:45 PM UTC

I gave it a shot, it's off to a good start. It's VERY basic so far. No OPML support, no categories either. But it looks nice and I think the idea is a good one. It's lacking a bunch of standard RSS reader features, but I assume they're aware and probably going to add more.

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Post by _fs » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

This is similair to one of my favorite features of RSS reader https://newsblur.com/. Your (free) account gives you an email address that can be used to register for newsletters. Then, when they come in, its presented exactly like the RSS feed. And if a particular newsletter gets a little too noisy, you can remove it forever without hunting down the unsubscribe button.

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Post by nickthegreek » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:53 PM UTC

Inoreader has newsletter subs built into it as well.

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Post by ravivyas » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 6:01 PM UTC

Substack publications already have rss support, any 3rd party rss reader can be used to consume the news letters.

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Post by blakesterz » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 6:06 PM UTC

_fs wrote: post #4

This is similair to one of my favorite features of RSS reader https://newsblur.com/ . Your (free) account gives you an email address that can be used to register for newsletters. Then, when they come in, its presented exactly like the RSS feed. And if a particular newsletter gets a little too noisy, you can remove it forever without hunting down the unsubscribe button.

That's what I use as well, and that was my baseline for comparing this new one. It's missing most everything so far compared to newsblur.I've been using newsblur since Google killed Reader and I've been happy with it.

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Post by ranqet » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 6:26 PM UTC

_fs wrote: post #4

This is similair to one of my favorite features of RSS reader https://newsblur.com/ . Your (free) account gives you an email address that can be used to register for newsletters. Then, when they come in, its presented exactly like the RSS feed. And if a particular newsletter gets a little too noisy, you can remove it forever without hunting down the unsubscribe button.

Feedbin (https://feedbin.com) also has this feature.

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Post by pier25 » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

Why do you think Substack is investing into RSS?

Seems like a weird move for a company focused on newsletters.

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Post by michaelmarion » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 7:21 PM UTC

I already do this with Feedbin and Reeder on macOS.