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This was the dream of RSS, but it went against the long-term business interests of the corporations hosting content, so it has since largely faded away
by throwaway84846 3y ago
This was the dream of RSS, but it went against the long-term business interests of the corporations hosting content, so it has since largely faded away
- cubix 3y ago[flagged]
- hot_gril 3y agoA lot of news sites still support RSS. Could be that not very many regular people understand RSS or want to use it, aside from podcasts.
- geor9e 3y agoI started using RSS again recently for this reason. I use it for for facebook, twitter, hackernews, etc. Feedbro extension supports public facebook profiles. Nitter clones like https://farside.link/nitter/elonmusk/rss https://farside.link/nitter/elonmusk/rss still work.
- crtasm 3y agoThat URL redirects me to various instances, some of which are not working.
- geor9e 3y agoYou're right. I wonder if it works for me because feedbro checks every x minutes and eventually finds a working one to refresh my feed. I wonder if the situation is getting worse and I just haven't noticed yet.
- neuracnu 3y agoI literally reached this discussion thread via the RSS feed for HN. It’s out there. Social networking sites with a vested interest in monopolizing your attention don’t use it. So I don’t use them.
- throwaway84846 3y agoOutside of the tech community those see little use. Listings for my local music and arts scenes are on Instagram and Facebook. Underground community events are planned using proprietary group chats. Free culture and open internet activists lost this battle
- zilti 3y agoWe lost the battle, but not the war.