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RSS was released 25 years ago today

120 points by NaOH 3y ago

p5v 3y ago
As the creator of feedle (https://feedle.world https://feedle.world), marking RSS's 25th anniversary hits close to home. RSS was among the first things I added to my arsenal when I first experienced the web, more than two decades ago. It is still one of the undoubted pillars of the decentralized web even to this day, and I've wanted to give my small contribution back, hoping that through sites like feedle, even more people will get to experience the magic that is RSS. Cheers, RSS! Here is to another 25 years (and more)!
simonw 3y ago
The original decentralized social network. Still works great today - I really like NetNewsWire as a reader, it has good read state sync between macOS and iOS.
- maximevalette 3y ago
  I am using Reeder 4 for a while now on macOS and iOS. The UX is very well thought and still has all the features I need.
  - twiceaday 3y ago
    Reeder 5 is out and is fantastic. It also has a built-in RSS aggregator that is synced to all of your Apple devices via iCloud.
    - maximevalette 3y ago
      You’re right, I forgot it was version 5 already. Time flies!
- flaviomartins 3y ago
  I am using this https://readwise.io/read https://readwise.io/read
- oofdoof 3y ago
  I use Reeder on iOS connected to a miniflux instance (via a google reader compatible API). Reeder has a feature where it can mark an article you scroll past as read which for me is a must - with most items I have titles are enough and I don’t want to open every single article to mark it as read.
infotainment 3y ago
I remember those days when every web design worth its salt would have RSS icons on literally everything! My favorites were sites that required a login to view the feeds, which AFAIK no RSS reader supported, making those feeds basically useless. But, they got to include the icon, which was what was important!
rglover 3y ago
Obligatory "I miss Aaron" comment [1]. [1] http://www.aaronsw.com/ http://www.aaronsw.com/
- anon-sre-srm 3y ago
  RIP
- bmordue 3y ago
  I think about the alternate timeline where Aaron Swartz is still around more than any other.
Semaphor 3y ago
FeedDemon Pro [0] -> Google Reader -> a lot of experimenting with all the new readers before finally settling on Newsblur [1, 2] -> TT RSS [3] for a while, until my install had some issues -> I decided to try FreshRSS [4] which I’ve been using since. [0]: http://www.feeddemon.com/ http://www.feeddemon.com/ [1]: https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ [2]: Used from 2013 to 2018, when the prices were raised, as I was using pretty much none of its advanced features. It’s selfhostable, but pretty involved. [3]: https://tt-rss.org https://tt-rss.org [4]: https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS
- sys_64738 3y ago
  FreshRSS is what's it's all about. Me was GOOG Reader -> INOreader -> too many INOreader $$$ increases -> FreshRSS
_v9nk 3y ago
RSS is a really beautiful thing. It saves me from the distractions and distractions of the internet. I love. I use Feedly as an RSS reader, it is a very nice application.
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
RSS, one of the net's few and great unsung/unseen killer apps. An internet duct tape.
prirai 3y ago
Been using Newsblur for a while after having tried out almost everything out there for android, Windows, Linux or the web. Really like that you can like/dislike authors or publishers to get more/none of their posts. Really helps remove the clutter which I don't like. Does anyone know of a way to get daily summaries of noisy websites? Say, a website publishes around 200 of new articles which appear in the feed. What if instead of that, I get a single post with all the day's article titles and links so that I can quickly go to what peeks my interest? Category-wise per day would also be fine.
fho 3y ago
Makes me feel old ... I wrote one of my school essays on RSS
beretguy 3y ago
RSS and old.Reddit.com are the only ways I read Reddit.
pentagrama 3y ago
Thanks to my RSS feed curation, I often hear from friends, "Wow, I can't believe you missed that! It was all over the news this week" and also "Hey, that's interesting! Where do you find all this stuff?".
rvguha 3y ago
A big thanks to the many many who made it so useful and widely used. R.V.Guha
marojejian 3y ago
Read this thanks to RSS. People can complain about the internet decaying, but thanks to RSS i get to effortlessly pick the sources of information i get, based on quality, and so my Internet experience is lovely, even if 99% of it by unfiltered volume is crap .

120 points by NaOH 3y ago

p5v 3y ago

As the creator of feedle (https://feedle.world https://feedle.world), marking RSS's 25th anniversary hits close to home. RSS was among the first things I added to my arsenal when I first experienced the web, more than two decades ago. It is still one of the undoubted pillars of the decentralized web even to this day, and I've wanted to give my small contribution back, hoping that through sites like feedle, even more people will get to experience the magic that is RSS. Cheers, RSS! Here is to another 25 years (and more)!

simonw 3y ago

The original decentralized social network. Still works great today - I really like NetNewsWire as a reader, it has good read state sync between macOS and iOS.

maximevalette 3y ago
I am using Reeder 4 for a while now on macOS and iOS. The UX is very well thought and still has all the features I need.
- twiceaday 3y ago
  Reeder 5 is out and is fantastic. It also has a built-in RSS aggregator that is synced to all of your Apple devices via iCloud.
  - maximevalette 3y ago
    You’re right, I forgot it was version 5 already. Time flies!
flaviomartins 3y ago
I am using this https://readwise.io/read https://readwise.io/read
oofdoof 3y ago
I use Reeder on iOS connected to a miniflux instance (via a google reader compatible API). Reeder has a feature where it can mark an article you scroll past as read which for me is a must - with most items I have titles are enough and I don’t want to open every single article to mark it as read.

infotainment 3y ago

I remember those days when every web design worth its salt would have RSS icons on literally everything! My favorites were sites that required a login to view the feeds, which AFAIK no RSS reader supported, making those feeds basically useless. But, they got to include the icon, which was what was important!

rglover 3y ago

Obligatory "I miss Aaron" comment [1]. [1] http://www.aaronsw.com/ http://www.aaronsw.com/

anon-sre-srm 3y ago
RIP
bmordue 3y ago
I think about the alternate timeline where Aaron Swartz is still around more than any other.

Semaphor 3y ago

FeedDemon Pro [0] -> Google Reader -> a lot of experimenting with all the new readers before finally settling on Newsblur [1, 2] -> TT RSS [3] for a while, until my install had some issues -> I decided to try FreshRSS [4] which I’ve been using since. [0]: http://www.feeddemon.com/ http://www.feeddemon.com/ [1]: https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ [2]: Used from 2013 to 2018, when the prices were raised, as I was using pretty much none of its advanced features. It’s selfhostable, but pretty involved. [3]: https://tt-rss.org https://tt-rss.org [4]: https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS

sys_64738 3y ago
FreshRSS is what's it's all about. Me was GOOG Reader -> INOreader -> too many INOreader $$$ increases -> FreshRSS

_v9nk 3y ago

RSS is a really beautiful thing. It saves me from the distractions and distractions of the internet. I love. I use Feedly as an RSS reader, it is a very nice application.

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

RSS, one of the net's few and great unsung/unseen killer apps. An internet duct tape.

prirai 3y ago

Been using Newsblur for a while after having tried out almost everything out there for android, Windows, Linux or the web. Really like that you can like/dislike authors or publishers to get more/none of their posts. Really helps remove the clutter which I don't like. Does anyone know of a way to get daily summaries of noisy websites? Say, a website publishes around 200 of new articles which appear in the feed. What if instead of that, I get a single post with all the day's article titles and links so that I can quickly go to what peeks my interest? Category-wise per day would also be fine.

fho 3y ago

Makes me feel old ... I wrote one of my school essays on RSS

beretguy 3y ago

RSS and old.Reddit.com are the only ways I read Reddit.

pentagrama 3y ago

Thanks to my RSS feed curation, I often hear from friends, "Wow, I can't believe you missed that! It was all over the news this week" and also "Hey, that's interesting! Where do you find all this stuff?".

rvguha 3y ago

A big thanks to the many many who made it so useful and widely used. R.V.Guha

marojejian 3y ago

Read this thanks to RSS. People can complain about the internet decaying, but thanks to RSS i get to effortlessly pick the sources of information i get, based on quality, and so my Internet experience is lovely, even if 99% of it by unfiltered volume is crap .