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It is sad that Twitter is basically a private closed gate monopoly that people beg to use instead of developing alternatives like RSS

• graemep 20d ago
  Social media is addictive. RSS is not. Social media is profitable so worth marketing. RSS is not.
  • ichad99 20d ago
    [dead]
  • mitxela 19d ago
    It's the ability to reply, I think. Like this one. Makes you feel like you're doing something even though you're just shouting into a black hole where some other people are also shouting and you might even hear each other sometimes.
• slater 20d ago
  There was a time when Twitter supported RSS, it lived at @your-username/rss Then they stopped it, because "eNgaGeMEnT" or w/e
• numpad0 20d ago
  Selfhosting friction has to be close to zero for that to work. And Termux is already way too much.
  • mnadkvlb 20d ago
    what is termux ?
    • muppetman 20d ago
      Way too much, obviously. It’s an Android app that exposes the underlying Android OS cli, and bolts on a Linux user space. Unsure why it’s relevant to this discussion
      • wafflemaker 20d ago
        Termux lets you run on your phone things you'd normally need a Linux (apple) pc or a vps. Maybe selfhost on an old phone? Just guessing what the OP meant.
• muppetman 20d ago
  Yeah I keep yelling at Mum “Stop logging onto Twitter and develop and enhance RSS” but lately she’s stopped speaking to me.
  • usern20260720 19d ago
    macOS mail application used to receive RSS news feeds. It couldn't be simpler for your mom than that. She wouldn't even need to log onto twitter