Pretty sure if there was ever "the year of the RSS reader" it was somewhere between 2005 to 2013. RSS is too lean, it's a format, the majority of people don't

Pretty sure if there was ever "the year of the RSS reader" it was somewhere between 2005 to 2013. RSS is too lean, it's a format, the majority of people don't know what it is or how to use it. A lot of sites don't even support RSS anymore. Like IRC, its userbase is tech people. Sorry guys, you don't make up the rest of the world... It's an outdated concept, we all know people don't surf the web anymore. And the larger it will get, the less likely people will. Have you tried using RSS, just measly collecting your favorite sites with the off chance that they support it? It's a mess and no surprise it died as everyone flocked to Facebook, Twitter, etc. People need some sort of platform and that's why ActivityPub / Fediverse is a lot more promising. Social networks aren't the problem, just the one's we've been using.