Comment on Why are people hyped about RSS regaining relevance?

cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• tea@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What is Reddit if not a glorified collection of RSS feeds with comments?

  I went from Google Reader to Reddit. It scratched very much the same itch. I remember having quite the curated list of RSS feeds subscribed to. Still pissed that Google killed it.

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  • evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We really just need a Reader replacement. I’m sure there is something out there I don’t know about.

    If not, perhaps I’ll make one and become a billionaire on the RSS bandwagon!

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    • NotBadAndYou@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      feedly.com

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      • GeekFTW@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Was about to say lol. Right in those last days/weeks of Google Reader, Feedly loudly stepped up and offered to help people import their data over and continue on. I'd assume the majority of people who had been on Reader, who didn't quit using feeds entirely, probably migrated to Feedly the day Reader shut down.

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    • Wodge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Inoreader has been my go to, or The Old Reader which is closer to Google Readers style.

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    • Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Inoreader perhaps?

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    • kazerniel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I used Feedly for many years, but recently switched to Newsblur, and I love that it lets me filter out posts by tags or keywords, finally don’t have to use external tools for it.

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      • tea@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Newsblur

        Trying this out now. It’s awesome. Might have found a new doomscrolling default…

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    • tea@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is Feedly still a thing and okay? I remember it being the stopgap between Google Reader and Reddit, however I’m not sure where it lies on the “free version is good enough” vs “completely gimped free version and the real product is the paid one”

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      • lorax@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m using the free version and not missing the paid features!

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    • PeachMan@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve been using Flym since they killed Reader.

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    • Rambler@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Handy News Reader (F-droid).

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    • chunkmcbeefchest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      inoreader is excellent

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  • jared@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I took the same path, probably the first time google broke my heart.

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    • PeachMan@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And not the last, I’m sure 😆

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    • 7u5k3n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It was gpm for me…

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• dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The comments are why most people go there. It’s the major differentiator from other social media platforms. Holding a conversation on Reddit is much clearer than any other site. If YouTube has comments like reddit it would be a very interesting change to a lot of content that goes on Reddit at the moment.

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  • clearedtoland@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My immediate thought about Reddit. Sure I discover some things there but what I really enjoy is seeing people’s reaction and genuine discussion (the quality of which is much better on Lemmy).

    I’d love to use RSS but it feels rather lonely by comparison.

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    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lemmy + RSS is the way to go to get the best of both worlds then.

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Among other problems, in youtube posters can delete comments, so when someone calls bullshit the poster can just delete, here that power is limited to moderators but you can still check deleted comments. Another thing is that thumbs down isnt visible, another useful information taken away. Comments are not structured in trees, and the list continues…

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  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I view it just as much through the lense of entertainment as I do an essential check on disinformation both in the framing used by the actual post as well as clearing through bots and other dirty tricks/bullshit in the comments.

    The one thing I will commend Twitter on is its introduction of “Context”. It can be shocking how misleading or disingenuous headlines can be when you give them even an inch sometimes

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• ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One of my co-workers solely interacts with Reddit through RSS feeds, and has done that for years.

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  • Paradox@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    RSS is quasi-archival, so it can give you a listing of new content sorted chronologically with no other input. Even reddit’s /new feed cannot guarantee this.

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• ominouslemon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I love RSS, but having comments and a sorting algorithm makes a world of difference

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  • code@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i have lemmy for that. My rss feeds are extremely curated and very specific to want i know i want to read about,

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you used Reddit sorted as “new” exclusively, it would essentially be a collection of RSS feeds. But, what most people sort by “popular” or “hot” or “top” or something. Chronological sorting vs. algorithmic sorting is an absolutely key difference for RSS vs. other social feeds.

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• 1bluepixel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Offlein@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    and the weighing is the entire problem.

    It’s also the fundamental value prop.

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  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Its arguably also how content is “curated” which, at some point, is helpful for different uses. Nothing is pure asset or liabillity, it depends on implementation and audience.

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