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I've been living this way for a decade. No Facebook, use RSS or Atom for every possible thing that I can. I even use it to subscribe to video feeds, such as You
by betwixthewires 6y ago
I've been living this way for a decade. No Facebook, use RSS or Atom for every possible thing that I can. I even use it to subscribe to video feeds, such as YouTube channels. It really boggles my mind what so many billions (!) of people tolerate just to avoid having to learn to do something simple themselves.
- fartcannon 6y agoMe too! It's great. I started doing it for YouTube when the algorithm started selectively showing updates for channels I like. Now the algorithm is irrelevant.
- myth2018 6y agoI'm facing this issue as well. Too many short, addictive videos being recommended instead of the ones included in the channels I subscribed to. I'm going to include yt in my subscriptions.
- naravara 6y agoI'd kill for YouTube to start recommending short videos again. All I get recommended now are 20 minutes worth of content on something interesting stretched out to an hour long video. The recommendation algorithm seems to prioritize longer-form content, but the result has been creators being pushed to streeeeeetch and that usually means not editing down stuff that ought to be edited out.
- myth2018 6y agoInteresting how the experiences are diverse. In my case, the short videos I'm talking about are things like Dragon Ball Z scenes and GTA V screw arounds. Yt will now and then show me one of those on my page and, if I watch one, it starts to flood the page with similar content.
- throwaway316943 6y agoIt’s hard to produce an easier alternative for people who are too busy and disinterested to deal with anything technical. You need to beat Facebook on ease of use, cost, and network. The first one might not be too hard but the next two are almost impossible at this point. The only thing that could beat free is if it actually pays you to use it. The only thing that beats ubiquity is maybe exclusivity?
- adolph 6y ago“ too busy and disinterested to deal” is a filter that allows RSS to work since FB et al would filter and bloat RSS if enough people used it. It’s value was already diminished considerably years ago when many systems and publication removed full text from RSS. It would get worse if it was used more.
- asdff 6y agoThere are a few services you can use, even self hosted ones, where you can input a feed with truncated articles and get the full text.
- betwixthewires 6y agoAll three are possible now with federated social networks, which are networks in the true sense and not just single websites calling themselves networks.
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- oblio 6y ago> It really boggles my mind what so many billions (!) of people tolerate just to avoid having to learn to do something simple themselves. Do you go to the doctor immediately every time something hurts? Do you get your car checked immediately every time there's a warning light on your dashboard? Most people don't and those things could affect their lives immensely. Most people, most of the time, don't care about anything than that which brings them immediate joy.