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Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023, this is a pretty good user signup strategy. Reddit does it, Instagram does it, probably plenty others. If

Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023, this is a pretty good user signup strategy. Reddit does it, Instagram does it, probably plenty others. If you block people from viewing stuff without an account... they're gonna make an account.

bronikowski 4y ago
> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 Because it's superior technology for following posting/news to opening app and praying that algorithm will show me what I wanted? My feeds flow to me at 6:00, via rss2email, and get filtered into a IMAP folder and I can read them at my leisure. Online or offline, with whatever client I have handy. > this is a pretty good user signup strategy Nagging only works if I really, really want to see what you hide behind a login screen. For most of the posts on Twitter it won't be worth it.
f1refly 4y ago
> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 What do you propose instead? > Reddit does it, Instagram does it One website known for its hilariously broken performance and a Facebook subsidiary. Nothing anyone should look up to.
timeon 4y ago
> why someone is still using RSS in 2023 Better question is: why not?
thisGuyFlicks 4y ago
> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 Gen Z? Or just not familiar with the technology? Protocols don't die just because the newer generation doesn't understand them.
- anthk 4y ago
  Sadly the Gen-Z ers are not used to the term RSS, download and offline. Specially for podcasts.
anthk 4y ago
- Reddit sucks except for old.reddit.com or libre 3rd party sw - IG it's crapware and unusable with tons of propietary JS.
horsawlarway 4y ago
> If you block people from viewing stuff without an account... they're gonna make an account. At least for me - I leave. Or in the case of reddit, occasionally use old.reddit.com, which does not block without an account.
ajdude 4y ago
> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 I got this article via my RSS client; it's the best way to consolidate everything I follow from YouTube videos to things that hit the front page on HN, all in one place. Then I can browse through doing my morning coffee.
ipaddr 4y ago
If you block people they will not know what the content is and move on.
croes 4y ago
.. or stop viewing. Just like Instagram and Pinterest. I doubt that Twitter is interesting enough for people who just want to view
fulafel 4y ago
If you think RSS is old, wait until you hear about HTML and Javascript!
- rolenthedeep 4y ago
  It's gonna blow their minds when they realize how old Linux is

bronikowski 4y ago

> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 Because it's superior technology for following posting/news to opening app and praying that algorithm will show me what I wanted? My feeds flow to me at 6:00, via rss2email, and get filtered into a IMAP folder and I can read them at my leisure. Online or offline, with whatever client I have handy. > this is a pretty good user signup strategy Nagging only works if I really, really want to see what you hide behind a login screen. For most of the posts on Twitter it won't be worth it.

f1refly 4y ago

> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 What do you propose instead? > Reddit does it, Instagram does it One website known for its hilariously broken performance and a Facebook subsidiary. Nothing anyone should look up to.

timeon 4y ago

> why someone is still using RSS in 2023 Better question is: why not?

thisGuyFlicks 4y ago

> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 Gen Z? Or just not familiar with the technology? Protocols don't die just because the newer generation doesn't understand them.

anthk 4y ago
Sadly the Gen-Z ers are not used to the term RSS, download and offline. Specially for podcasts.

anthk 4y ago

- Reddit sucks except for old.reddit.com or libre 3rd party sw - IG it's crapware and unusable with tons of propietary JS.

horsawlarway 4y ago

> If you block people from viewing stuff without an account... they're gonna make an account. At least for me - I leave. Or in the case of reddit, occasionally use old.reddit.com, which does not block without an account.

ajdude 4y ago

> Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023 I got this article via my RSS client; it's the best way to consolidate everything I follow from YouTube videos to things that hit the front page on HN, all in one place. Then I can browse through doing my morning coffee.

ipaddr 4y ago

If you block people they will not know what the content is and move on.

croes 4y ago

.. or stop viewing. Just like Instagram and Pinterest. I doubt that Twitter is interesting enough for people who just want to view

fulafel 4y ago

If you think RSS is old, wait until you hear about HTML and Javascript!

rolenthedeep 4y ago
It's gonna blow their minds when they realize how old Linux is