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> if I have to click, I might as well just go directly to those websites and skip this HackerNews thing. You accidentally arrived at the root of the anti-RSS
by rchaud 3y ago
> if I have to click, I might as well just go directly to those websites and skip this HackerNews thing.
You accidentally arrived at the root of the anti-RSS rationale for many HN readers.
They don't want to actually go on the web. They want to participate in the comments section, where it's safe and sanitized; no paywalls, no 'sign up for my email list' popups, no analytics scripts, no strange site layouts.
They feel RSS should deliver exactly what they want: full-text article and images, nothing more.
- kazinator 3y agoWith just article text and images, you have no UI to reply to it. Maybe RSS could be extended to FRSS (Forum RSS). Forums export posts in FRSS format, which includes elements that tell the reader how to submit replies, as well as up/down votes. The RSS reader would render its own UI for doing these things.
- Xymist 3y agoI _don't_ particularly want to participate in the comments section on most sites. Full text and image content of the article and nothing further is absolutely what I want out of an RSS feed - I should not have to leave my reader or deal with the internet at large to read the things that interest me.