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> RSS aggregator Why do you still choose to use them today?
by Froyoh 9y ago
> RSS aggregator
Why do you still choose to use them today?
- craftyguy 9y agoBecause it's a standard that allows an effective way to curate and browse lists of articles without having to fully commit to a single walled garden service. My primary method of browsing HN, for example, is via the RSS feed.
- scarface74 9y agoWhat alternative is there to rapidly scan through sites that have interesting content? For the most part, I use RSS to read HN. Every now and then I will go to the home page to see if there is something I missed that didn't gain enough traction to make it to the feed.
- brador 9y agoHave you tried http://skimfeed.com http://skimfeed.com ?
- scarface74 9y agoHow is that any different than using an RSS feed of sites you find interesting?
- PeterisP 9y agoIt's a nice way to aggregate content creators who have good, but sparse or irregular posts - i.e. where it wouldn't be useful to pull every single one of them to see if there's anything new, you just have a single "inbox" for that, curated down so that it's not too much to read everything.
- scarface74 9y agoI'm on the opposite end of the spectrum - if I don't go through my RSS reader at lunch, I can easily have 700-1000 articles. I may read about 30 outside of HN.