According to Google Trends, during the past few years, there has been nothing but a few minor bumps that faded away as quickly as they came. I love RSS because i do not have to scroll through dozens of different news sites all day and i would love it to return.
EDIT: Typical case of people only reading the headline. I was asking why people are hyped over something that did NOT happen.
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.
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!
https://feedly.com
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 right in the nick of time. 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.
That's what I did! Over time I stopped looking at Feedly though. I replaced it with Reddit and Twitter mainly. Now that those sites have become Pure Evil I switched over to Apple News. I already pay for the Plus thing as part of the family bundle so might as well use it. The "Following" tab works like a personally-curated RSS feed list. If you want an algorithmic approach, you can use the "Today" tab.
The one main feature it's still lacking that I really want is a pure chronological list of everything from my Following sources/topics. I sent them feedback so I'm sure it will show up any time in the next 5-15 years.
Inoreader has been my go to, or The Old Reader which is closer to Google Readers style.
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.
Trying this out now. It's awesome. Might have found a new doomscrolling default...
Inoreader perhaps?
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"
I’m using the free version and not missing the paid features!
I've been using Flym since they killed Reader.
Handy News Reader (F-droid).
First time trying RSS, giving it a shot. Thanks!
Good luck, it's kind of feature-rich so if you have any questions, feel free to ask. The dev is quite responsive (on Github) which is good.
inoreader is excellent
I took the same path, probably the first time google broke my heart.
And not the last, I'm sure 😆
It was gpm for me...
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.
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.
Lemmy + RSS is the way to go to get the best of both worlds then.
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...
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
One of my co-workers solely interacts with Reddit through RSS feeds, and has done that for years.
RSS is quasi-archival, so it can give you a listing of new content sorted chronologically with no other input. Even reddit's
/newfeed cannot guarantee this.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.
I love RSS, but having comments and a sorting algorithm makes a world of difference
i have lemmy for that. My rss feeds are extremely curated and very specific to want i know i want to read about,
It's also the fundamental value prop.
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.