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RSS the protocol, or RSS the experience? The Protocol is alive and kicking, as far as being available, but it's been more or less killed by publishers not promo

RSS the protocol, or RSS the experience? The Protocol is alive and kicking, as far as being available, but it's been more or less killed by publishers not promoting it out of the box. AFAIK ad revenue is basically the reason. The replacement set of broadcast tools is still Facebook, Twitter, Direct, and Newsletters. Newsletters are really the new feed.

pavel_lishin 7y ago
> Newsletters are really the new feed. I've noticed this as well, and it boggles my mind. If ever there was a use case for RSS, this would be it.
- nickthegreek 7y ago
  Inoreader just rolled out a new feature that allows you to subscribe to newsletters directly in their reader and have them available with the rest of your feeds.
  - panzerboy 7y ago
    Feedbin does it as well.
- Animats 7y ago
  With RSS, the user is in control. Unsubscribe, and it's gone. "Newsletters", which are mostly ads, are much harder to stop. Hence the demand for MailChump, Constant Spammer, and SpamBlast.
worble 7y ago
>Newsletters are really the new feed Nearly every newsletter I follow also provides an RSS feed though.
scarface74 7y ago
I have yet to find a website that I feel should have an RSS feed that doesn’t have one.
- robobro 7y ago
  Twitter
  - romdev 7y ago
    My only interface to Twitter is through Newsblur and https://twitrss.me https://twitrss.me
    - rapnie 7y ago
      For me https://nitter.net/ https://nitter.net/ directly, but I'll add an rss interface too. Thx for the link.
    - jamie-vesoft 7y ago
      Nice to know the site. I found Hootsuite is also a nice place to manage a Twitter handle.
- timbit42 7y ago
  The Globe & Mail shut down their RSS feed a while ago. They're dead to me now.
  - 52-6F-62 7y ago
    Whoa they did? I haven’t been using RSS as much lately but I’ve been reading less news. I wonder if it’s because they hardened their paywall. That’s disappointing. For a while they were the most forward Canadian paper, digitally.
- sys_64738 7y ago
  If a webpage publishes discreet articles then it should do RSS. Any site I go to has to have RSS for me or I stop visiting. My time is important.

pavel_lishin 7y ago

> Newsletters are really the new feed. I've noticed this as well, and it boggles my mind. If ever there was a use case for RSS, this would be it.

nickthegreek 7y ago
Inoreader just rolled out a new feature that allows you to subscribe to newsletters directly in their reader and have them available with the rest of your feeds.
- panzerboy 7y ago
  Feedbin does it as well.
Animats 7y ago
With RSS, the user is in control. Unsubscribe, and it's gone. "Newsletters", which are mostly ads, are much harder to stop. Hence the demand for MailChump, Constant Spammer, and SpamBlast.

worble 7y ago

>Newsletters are really the new feed Nearly every newsletter I follow also provides an RSS feed though.

scarface74 7y ago

I have yet to find a website that I feel should have an RSS feed that doesn’t have one.

robobro 7y ago
Twitter
- romdev 7y ago
  My only interface to Twitter is through Newsblur and https://twitrss.me https://twitrss.me
  - rapnie 7y ago
    For me https://nitter.net/ https://nitter.net/ directly, but I'll add an rss interface too. Thx for the link.
  - jamie-vesoft 7y ago
    Nice to know the site. I found Hootsuite is also a nice place to manage a Twitter handle.
timbit42 7y ago
The Globe & Mail shut down their RSS feed a while ago. They're dead to me now.
- 52-6F-62 7y ago
  Whoa they did? I haven’t been using RSS as much lately but I’ve been reading less news. I wonder if it’s because they hardened their paywall. That’s disappointing. For a while they were the most forward Canadian paper, digitally.
sys_64738 7y ago
If a webpage publishes discreet articles then it should do RSS. Any site I go to has to have RSS for me or I stop visiting. My time is important.