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I love RSS but I also believe there's not enough innovation in the space. Feels like most developers are burnt by Facebook and don't ever want to do anything ot
by ymolodtsov 6y ago
I love RSS but I also believe there's not enough innovation in the space. Feels like most developers are burnt by Facebook and don't ever want to do anything other than providing you with a chronological feed of all feeds.
And then you subscribe to too many feeds, get information overload and miss content because you just "Mark all as read" when you're tired. Or skim through the headlines too fast.
I'd like an algorithm to process those for me. But specifically the sources I need. And there's nothing like that on the market.
Organize the entries by their importance so I could skim the top when I'm busy. Bundle the posts on the same topic. Create digest for high-frequency repetitive content. Combine RSS feeds, Twitter lists, and email newsletters in a single heap of organized content.
- rsa25519 6y agoFeedly does this, although as a college student their Pro+ plan (which organizes by topic) is too pricey for me :-/. I still love the concept. https://feedly.com/i/pro/ https://feedly.com/i/pro/
- ymolodtsov 6y agoIt's not that good in my experience and it's just one of those things. Basically, just help me figure out what's important and not get distracted by an endless pile of stuff.
- robsan 6y agoNewsblur also has stories training functionality and it's cheaper.
- leokennis 6y agoI like your ideas, however, there's nothing wrong with "I have 800 articles in my RSS reader and I just don't have the energy right now - mark all as read". If something is truly important, it will get to you in some other way. As with anything, don't let it become a chore when it should bring you joy.
- ymolodtsov 6y agoThat makes sense, but to me that just sound like an algorithm, albeit an extremely stupid one (only show the latest pieces and bury the rest). I want it to be smarter.