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> If I want to check updates I can open a browser and visit a specific blog once per week/month. Literally no effort. That sounds like rather a lot of effort t
by pavel_lishin 3y ago
> If I want to check updates I can open a browser and visit a specific blog once per week/month. Literally no effort.
That sounds like rather a lot of effort to me - remembering that a given blog exists, remembering its URL, remembering to check it every so often.
A buddy of mine just updated his blog after a 14 month hiatus. I forgot he even had a blog, and I would have definitely missed the update if it wasn't in my RSS reader.
- kordlessagain 3y agoCome on, if checking a blog once a month is too much effort for you, maybe you're spending way too much time glued to your RSS reader and not enough time outside touching grass. Just saying.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoWhat an uncharitable diagnosis of my life.
- kordlessagain 3y agoSame could be said of your comment to my submission, and hard work.
- aeonik 3y agoFor me, it's exactly the opposite problem. If I'm not checking something every day, I forget about it. For example, I'm subscribed to over 700 YouTube channels, but most of them only post one a week to once a quarter. I force notifications on for these, and it's always a treat when one of my favorites pops up in the feed. There are very few YouTube channels that I want to watch daily, unless it's a series... or Simon Whistler.
- wolvesechoes 3y agoWell, I tend to believe that I remember things worth remembering. If I would forget about any of the blogs I read from time to time, I wouldn't consider it a loss. Someone else here mentioned they follow 700 YT channels. I follow maybe 4, so I think we are from different planets.
- incompleteCode 3y agoAs someone with ADHD, I’m glad that the technology exists to create a RSS feed off a website even if the author intentionally doesn’t maintain one. I don’t think “if it’s important you’ll remember it” is applicable to everyone.
- brokenmachine 2y agoI don't know how to see the number of YT channels I subscribe to, but I bet it's similar. I also have over 1000 tabs open in my Firefox session.