Is RSS Dead?
AI summary of the linked articleRSS is not dead but has shifted from a visible part of internet use to a behind-the-scenes system that consumers do not need to understand, according to the author's view. The article notes that RSS was released on March 15, 1999, that many prominent sites still offer RSS or Atom feeds, and that Google Reader was shut down in 2013 leaving no native desktop RSS reader. It cites Feedly with over 5 million Android downloads and Flipboard with over 500 million, though neither app's page explicitly mentions RSS. The author argues RSS remains useful as a simple, standardised way for applications and sites to share content. |
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5 comments  Despite the clickbait-y title it's a good read, and yes, every site that wants to be sure its content is actually read should offer it. Notifications thru email and social media are still way too much effort on the reader/consumer side. macbudkowski.ethSubmitter I really like the cleanness of RSS - you only get content you subscribe to, and there's no social media noise. My biggest concern with subscribing to things, though - whether via RSS or newsletter - is that the quality of content varies. So, for example, I might subscribe to blogger X, but I don't want to read all of their posts, only the best ones. A strong advantage of social media is that it provides a social filter. If my blogger X shares their essay on Twitter, I can see how many likes & comments it received and use this information to decide if I want to read it. I think the power of Kiwi & HackerNews is that they provide this social filter for content without the social media chaos.  macbudkowski.ethSubmitter Hey @casedup.eth, does it mean that with Thunderbird you can check RSS feeds inside your e-mail inbox? Within Thunderbird itself the RSS feeds have their own section. Pretty clean btw, will take a screenshot when I get home. |
