I tried to set this up earlier this year, but what I realized I really wanted was RSS + change detection for some discussion forums and other sites that didn't

I tried to set this up earlier this year, but what I realized I really wanted was RSS + change detection for some discussion forums and other sites that didn't offer RSS. That companies like feedly didn't seem to offer this functionality but were trying to emphasize social networking and tagging my articles (for who?) made it easy to walk away after the trial.