For anyone looking to adjust their media diet, now’s a great time to consider escaping The Algorithms with RSS.
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@molly0xfff : As you seem to follow everything through RSS (like I do), I wonder how you draw the line between a "blog" and a "newsletter"?
Also, as the medium always impacts the message, I’m curious to know if you see any difference in terms of content/tone between blogs and newsletters.
Signed: A 20 years of blogging veteran
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@ploum it’s a very fuzzy line, and i have some newsletters on my blogroll. mostly just comes down to vibes and cadence
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@almad inoreader does it, but it’s a paid feature. there are also free services like https://kill-the-newsletter.com/
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@molly0xfff I only wish discovering plain, non-propeietary RSS feed URLs wasn't so painful for most podcasts and sites...
Vivaldi fortunately shows an RSS feed icon on pages with discoverable feeds! Firefox removed that feature long ago
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@molly0xfff @travissouthard also got a 404 but excited to see the feed!
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Molly Whitereplied to Rhoseigh last edited by [email protected]
@Rhoseigh @travissouthard oops, fixed
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Molly Whitereplied to axleyjc last edited by [email protected]
@axleyjc Inoreader has a browser extension that sniffs them out. A lot of readers also have a place where you can pop in the site URL and it’ll find the feed
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@molly0xfff Do you know if the rss reader apps collect and monetize your information (feeds followed, stories read, etc.)? It looks like most of them don’t “algorithmize” the feed unless you want them to (and it seems to be more under your control).
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@chriswei i imagine it varies depending on the app. any reader that tries to recommend feeds to you is collecting *some* data, but you’d have to check the privacy policy to see what they do with it.
mine does try to recommend feeds, but doesn’t sell the data.
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@chriswei there are also a lot of self-hosted options for RSS readers, so that’s a solid option for someone worried about tracking
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Good point about being selective and avoiding the firehose. Especially if your reading time is limited.
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@molly0xfff your blog link is a 404, should be this: https://www.dashes.com/posts/
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@molly0xfff do you have strong thoughts on RSS vs Atom? Most folks won’t and shouldn’t care, but curious if there are hidden considerations for publishing a feed these days.
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Molly, I subscribed to your OPML list at feedland.org. This means it reads all the feeds in your list, and it's dynamic, so if you add or remove a feed from the list, it will subscribe or unsubscribe.
Here's the page where all the fees are listed.
FeedLand
The first full feed management system. Share lists of feeds with other users, both in and outside of FeedLand. Writing feeds, reading news.
FeedLand (feedland.org)
And a timeline of new posts to all the feeds in your OPML list.
FeedLand
The first full feed management system. Share lists of feeds with other users, both in and outside of FeedLand. Writing feeds, reading news.
FeedLand (feedland.org)
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@molly0xfff I need an RSS feed of your RSS feeds.
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@skippy I don't have strong thoughts
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@SpaceLifeForm yeah — I've built up this list of feeds over years and so I'm used to the volume and pretty good at skimming through it, but it's a lot to just suddenly jack in to
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@molly0xfff with all due respect, I don't think it's ever a good idea to ONLY follow RSS.
For one thing, RSS is generally not used by #RestOfWorld #independent #journalist s.
And second, it disincentivizes discovering new sources.
The only time I think it is worth using RSS for me is if I have someone I like following that I would like to always hear amidst the current chaotic online discourse.
But I will contest the idea that RSS is 'fair' in 2024. Different times, different rhymes.
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@molly0xfff I've been using RSS for a long time. Recently I decided to use it for everything that has a feed and I'm really happy with the result.
My recent additions include:
- Newsletters
- YouTube channels
- websites like Hacker News and Lobsters
