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It's only dead insofar as most blogs don't have a decent RSS feed to begin with. I've scoured the web looking for high quality RSS feeds that are updated regula

It's only dead insofar as most blogs don't have a decent RSS feed to begin with. I've scoured the web looking for high quality RSS feeds that are updated regularly, and have even shared an OPML file with close friends who happen to really like RSS too. The amount of effort was astonishing gathering those RSS feeds, but it was worth it.

totaldude87 7y ago
care to list a few?!
- diablo1 7y ago
  No, but if you look around Hackernews there are plenty of blogs that have a high quality RSS feed. I'm not sharing my own personal preferences on here with others for privacy reasons. By high quality, I mean the content is exceptional and not blogspam and the content is updated regularly. Bonus points if the RSS feed is not a list of 'summaries' and includes the full content of each post. Even more bonus points if the feed doesn't have ADs and 'share this on Facebook' links :)
  - totaldude87 7y ago
    understood :)
  - smabie 7y ago
    Privacy reasons? You created your account 3 days ago and have a couple posts. Moreover, I don’t understand how mentioning blogs hurts your privacy.
    - diablo1 7y ago
      Yes. Privacy reasons. Sometimes privacy is about consent, and I do not consent to sharing the blogs that I follow.
- sogen 7y ago
  NetNewsWire has some good defaults: https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/ https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/ (Kottke, DF, etc)
- sizzzzlerz 7y ago
  The USGS offers a feed of earthquake activity, if you're in to that sort of thing. It can be quite chatty if you set the threshold too low but I'm only interested in 5+ and there are far fewer of those.
- deleted 7y ago
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scarface74 7y ago
I can’t think of a single blog that doesn’t have an RSS feed or major site for that matter.
timbit42 7y ago
WordPress supports RSS and 35% of websites are WordPress. Just add /feed/ to the domain name to access it.
- diablo1 7y ago
  Yes but not many of those are not updated regularly, and the content is sometimes very thin and not written well and doesn't have sources for various claims.

totaldude87 7y ago

care to list a few?!

diablo1 7y ago
No, but if you look around Hackernews there are plenty of blogs that have a high quality RSS feed. I'm not sharing my own personal preferences on here with others for privacy reasons. By high quality, I mean the content is exceptional and not blogspam and the content is updated regularly. Bonus points if the RSS feed is not a list of 'summaries' and includes the full content of each post. Even more bonus points if the feed doesn't have ADs and 'share this on Facebook' links :)
- totaldude87 7y ago
  understood :)
- smabie 7y ago
  Privacy reasons? You created your account 3 days ago and have a couple posts. Moreover, I don’t understand how mentioning blogs hurts your privacy.
  - diablo1 7y ago
    Yes. Privacy reasons. Sometimes privacy is about consent, and I do not consent to sharing the blogs that I follow.
sogen 7y ago
NetNewsWire has some good defaults: https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/ https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/ (Kottke, DF, etc)
sizzzzlerz 7y ago
The USGS offers a feed of earthquake activity, if you're in to that sort of thing. It can be quite chatty if you set the threshold too low but I'm only interested in 5+ and there are far fewer of those.
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scarface74 7y ago

I can’t think of a single blog that doesn’t have an RSS feed or major site for that matter.

timbit42 7y ago

WordPress supports RSS and 35% of websites are WordPress. Just add /feed/ to the domain name to access it.

diablo1 7y ago
Yes but not many of those are not updated regularly, and the content is sometimes very thin and not written well and doesn't have sources for various claims.