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I really miss Google Reader. Nowadays if I want to follow updates from my friends or events from some organizations, I almost certainly have to like/follow them

by KORraN 9y ago

I really miss Google Reader. Nowadays if I want to follow updates from my friends or events from some organizations, I almost certainly have to like/follow them on FB. But even doing this I cannot be sure that I will get news that I want - because despite I always use "Most Recent" sorting, FB is hiding some content from me. Many times I saw interesting post when accidentally entering FB "Top stories", from let's say 2 hours ago. I switch to "Most Recent" and guess what, I can't find this post anymore (except going explicitly to this person's page). I'm getting closer and closer to stop using FB and using only messenger.

aiNohY6g 9y ago
You can 'easily' generate a RSS stream out of Facebook and Twitter (and many other sources), e.g. w/RSS Bridge (https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge).
Ascetik 9y ago
>miss Google Reader Feedly
- nawtacawp 9y ago
  I use Reeder on my iPad and add RSS feeds individually to the app. There is a section where I can add a Feedly account to the app. Does that provide any advantages over directly adding the RSS feeds?
  - ronjouch 9y ago
    Syncing: read stuff in bed on your iPad/Reeder, get up, login to www.feedly.com and find your unread list in the same state. Other than that, feedly offers a few features you might be interested in: search, filters, alerts, highlights, etc.
- tzahola 9y ago
  Feedly is a load of crap. They are force-feeding (no pun intended) you their “””curated””” (read: sponsored) news sources while making it intentionally hard to add your own sources. Last time I’ve checked there’s not even a way to enter an RSS URL manually - you have to “search” for the given site, and hope that their magic algorithm picks up the presence of an RSS feed... Absolutely useless.
  - SteveMoody73 9y ago
    Just looked and there's an add content option in the bottom left corner that if you click on that and select Publications and Blogs gives you an option to add a URL. I've not really seen any sponsored content other than the occasional banner message up the top which is easily dismissed. edit: I have by default feedly set to my "all" feed and in that respect it works much like google reader used to.
    - tzahola 9y ago
      I’m using the Feedly iOS app. I went to “Add content”, and it opened a sidebar with a searchbox which supposedly lets you “search” for content by “title, URL or #topic”. I’ve entered the URL of the archive.org feed ( http://archive.org/services/collection-rss.php http://archive.org/services/collection-rss.php ) and it says: “No sources found. If you are looking for a specific site, please enter the full URL.”
      - degradas 9y ago
        Try Unread - I’m using it to read feedly on iOS and it’s absolutely beautiful.
  - hasbot 9y ago
    I've been using Feedly ever since Google Reader went away. It's easy to add my own sources. I don't know anything about force-fed news sources; I've never seen anything like that.
  - konart 9y ago
    >there’s not even a way to enter an RSS URL manually That's not true at all. At least in the web version this was an option from the very beginning.
Bellyache5 9y ago
I've been using https://tt-rss.org/ https://tt-rss.org/ as a Google Reader replacement for years and highly recommend it. You do have to run it yourself, though.
- nawtacawp 9y ago
  I was just looking this up as another user recommended it. I found a published docker container: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/tt-rss/ https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/tt-rss/
loop0 9y ago
After the end of google reader I transitioned to digg reader and I'm very happy with it. It's clean and minimalist.
InternetUser 9y ago
I love Google Reader as well, but switched quite seamlessly to Feedly. What's your problem with Feedly? I assume it's something about the aesthetic design of it, because it's very much the same as Google Reader.
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- Semaphor 9y ago
  Did they change things? Because when the great reader explosion happened after Google Reader died I evaluated tons of readers and decided on a newsblur.com subscription in the end. I remember Feedly catering to the "images are great"-Pinterest crowd.
  - el_duderino 9y ago
    Yeah. I suggest giving them another try. I actually thought they were the most popular RSS reader these days. It's very customizable (even for the free tier).
    - Semaphor 9y ago
      It looks better than then, true. But it's still trying to be so flashy. And I feel like they are trying to push all their useless social features on me. And there's a lack of customizability. I guess the free tier is better than what newsblur offers, but for me, newsblur is where I'm staying.
thunderplot 9y ago
digg.com/reader is awesome
jingwen 9y ago
I found BazQux Reader (bazqux.com) and absolutely love it because it’s designed to mimic Google Reader :-)
- acemarke 9y ago
  Exactly. I'm extremely happy to pay $20/yr for BazQux . Like Pinboard, it's simple, does one thing well, and just _works_. I'm amazed that it doesn't seem to have gotten more mindshare as a replacement for Google Reader.

by KORraN 9y ago

aiNohY6g 9y ago

You can 'easily' generate a RSS stream out of Facebook and Twitter (and many other sources), e.g. w/RSS Bridge (https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge).

Ascetik 9y ago

>miss Google Reader Feedly

nawtacawp 9y ago
I use Reeder on my iPad and add RSS feeds individually to the app. There is a section where I can add a Feedly account to the app. Does that provide any advantages over directly adding the RSS feeds?
- ronjouch 9y ago
  Syncing: read stuff in bed on your iPad/Reeder, get up, login to www.feedly.com and find your unread list in the same state. Other than that, feedly offers a few features you might be interested in: search, filters, alerts, highlights, etc.
tzahola 9y ago
Feedly is a load of crap. They are force-feeding (no pun intended) you their “””curated””” (read: sponsored) news sources while making it intentionally hard to add your own sources. Last time I’ve checked there’s not even a way to enter an RSS URL manually - you have to “search” for the given site, and hope that their magic algorithm picks up the presence of an RSS feed... Absolutely useless.
- SteveMoody73 9y ago
  Just looked and there's an add content option in the bottom left corner that if you click on that and select Publications and Blogs gives you an option to add a URL. I've not really seen any sponsored content other than the occasional banner message up the top which is easily dismissed. edit: I have by default feedly set to my "all" feed and in that respect it works much like google reader used to.
  - tzahola 9y ago
    I’m using the Feedly iOS app. I went to “Add content”, and it opened a sidebar with a searchbox which supposedly lets you “search” for content by “title, URL or #topic”. I’ve entered the URL of the archive.org feed ( http://archive.org/services/collection-rss.php http://archive.org/services/collection-rss.php ) and it says: “No sources found. If you are looking for a specific site, please enter the full URL.”
    - degradas 9y ago
      Try Unread - I’m using it to read feedly on iOS and it’s absolutely beautiful.
- hasbot 9y ago
  I've been using Feedly ever since Google Reader went away. It's easy to add my own sources. I don't know anything about force-fed news sources; I've never seen anything like that.
- konart 9y ago
  >there’s not even a way to enter an RSS URL manually That's not true at all. At least in the web version this was an option from the very beginning.

Bellyache5 9y ago

I've been using https://tt-rss.org/ https://tt-rss.org/ as a Google Reader replacement for years and highly recommend it. You do have to run it yourself, though.

nawtacawp 9y ago
I was just looking this up as another user recommended it. I found a published docker container: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/tt-rss/ https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/tt-rss/

loop0 9y ago

After the end of google reader I transitioned to digg reader and I'm very happy with it. It's clean and minimalist.

InternetUser 9y ago

I love Google Reader as well, but switched quite seamlessly to Feedly. What's your problem with Feedly? I assume it's something about the aesthetic design of it, because it's very much the same as Google Reader.

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Semaphor 9y ago
Did they change things? Because when the great reader explosion happened after Google Reader died I evaluated tons of readers and decided on a newsblur.com subscription in the end. I remember Feedly catering to the "images are great"-Pinterest crowd.
- el_duderino 9y ago
  Yeah. I suggest giving them another try. I actually thought they were the most popular RSS reader these days. It's very customizable (even for the free tier).
  - Semaphor 9y ago
    It looks better than then, true. But it's still trying to be so flashy. And I feel like they are trying to push all their useless social features on me. And there's a lack of customizability. I guess the free tier is better than what newsblur offers, but for me, newsblur is where I'm staying.

thunderplot 9y ago

digg.com/reader is awesome

jingwen 9y ago

I found BazQux Reader (bazqux.com) and absolutely love it because it’s designed to mimic Google Reader :-)

acemarke 9y ago
Exactly. I'm extremely happy to pay $20/yr for BazQux . Like Pinboard, it's simple, does one thing well, and just _works_. I'm amazed that it doesn't seem to have gotten more mindshare as a replacement for Google Reader.