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I finally managed to create a habit out of RSS after years of trying. What worked was,I know this may sound obvious, using a phone based reader instead of a des

by nanna 4y ago

I finally managed to create a habit out of RSS after years of trying. What worked was,I know this may sound obvious, using a phone based reader instead of a desktop. It's like a categorizable, algorithmless social media feed now, full of content that people spent more than a few minutes writing, and it's great. Aside from regular feeds I feed in HN through hnrss.org, YouTube directly, and the odd twitter account through nitter.net. For an RSS client i use the excellent Feeder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsenseapps.feeder.play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsense...

vort3 4y ago
The only thing I would recommend is using openrss youtube feeds instead of using youtube directly: https://openrss.org/blog/youtube-feeds https://openrss.org/blog/youtube-feeds
pwpw 4y ago
How did you procure a list of feeds worth following? I really enjoy RSS, but I have had trouble finding enough content to fill a feed I can regularly check. An example of the perfect feed for me is https://ciechanow.ski/atom.xml https://ciechanow.ski/atom.xml.
- nanna 4y ago
  I realised that I was already browsing the web in a repetetive way, so RSS basically let me automate that. The daily loop would be something like... - theguardian.com for UK news - democracynow.org for US and world news - various blogs for Emacs things (irreal, planetemacs, sachachua) - ianvisits and londonist for London curios - a few youtube accounts that I care about - a friend's flickr - websites of some NGOs I care about - HN front page and replies to my comments (like yours!) Better to start small and add to it bit by bit than drown yourself in feeds that you don't find you care about. Good suggestion about Bartosz Ciechanowski's excellent site - will add it now. Edit: looking at your post history, to add that I too have ADHD and this has helped me focus and keep ontop of web updates way better than I have done before. News websites like the guardian feel like they're designed to obliterate your concentration.
Eric_WVGG 4y ago
Well it's comfortable, newspaper- or magazine-style reading, right? For me, RSS is now inextricable from my iPad, I can't imagine reading news any other way. A bit funny how Apple tried so hard with their Newsstand thing, and then later Apple News+ or whatever. The solution was RSS all along.

by nanna 4y ago

vort3 4y ago

The only thing I would recommend is using openrss youtube feeds instead of using youtube directly: https://openrss.org/blog/youtube-feeds https://openrss.org/blog/youtube-feeds

pwpw 4y ago

How did you procure a list of feeds worth following? I really enjoy RSS, but I have had trouble finding enough content to fill a feed I can regularly check. An example of the perfect feed for me is https://ciechanow.ski/atom.xml https://ciechanow.ski/atom.xml.

nanna 4y ago
I realised that I was already browsing the web in a repetetive way, so RSS basically let me automate that. The daily loop would be something like... - theguardian.com for UK news - democracynow.org for US and world news - various blogs for Emacs things (irreal, planetemacs, sachachua) - ianvisits and londonist for London curios - a few youtube accounts that I care about - a friend's flickr - websites of some NGOs I care about - HN front page and replies to my comments (like yours!) Better to start small and add to it bit by bit than drown yourself in feeds that you don't find you care about. Good suggestion about Bartosz Ciechanowski's excellent site - will add it now. Edit: looking at your post history, to add that I too have ADHD and this has helped me focus and keep ontop of web updates way better than I have done before. News websites like the guardian feel like they're designed to obliterate your concentration.

Eric_WVGG 4y ago

Well it's comfortable, newspaper- or magazine-style reading, right? For me, RSS is now inextricable from my iPad, I can't imagine reading news any other way. A bit funny how Apple tried so hard with their Newsstand thing, and then later Apple News+ or whatever. The solution was RSS all along.