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Re:RSS: there's nothing better by _pdp_ on Saturday November 11, 2017 @04:57AM (#15675674)
Google killed the RSS feeds for me. On the flip-side, I am thinking to get back to them sometime soon.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by smsm42 on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:09AM (#15675703)
When Google killed the Reader, I switched to Feedly and still using them. Useful enough so I have paid subscription. Still using them after four years, nothing better around as far as I can see. Facebook certainly not even in the same galaxy, and I have no idea why Twitter even mentioned in that topic. IMHO RSS and accompanied readers are still the best for keeping oneself informed.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by corobo on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:29AM (#15675761)
Feedly killed RSS for me. The way their mobile app scrolls[1] articles just absolutely ruined the experience and I couldn’t find any better app/service before giving up on RSS entirely

[1] https://i.imgsir.com/G0jR.gif - weird entire page scroll going on instead of just scrolling normally. Makes it impossible to skim read the titles

Re:RSS: there's nothing better by pencilcode on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:12AM (#15675873)
I use reeder as the client, much better than feedly ‘s ui but feedly is still the backend. Working great since I came back to rss for about a year.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by corobo on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:06AM (#15676180)
Thanks I'll give that a go. I am going to have so many unread articles if I get back into RSS reading hah
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by izacus on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:46AM (#15675969)
Pretty much any RSS client these days can connect to Feedly API so you don't need to use their app.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by corobo on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:06AM (#15676178)
I don't know any RSS clients.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by rocky1138 on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:23AM (#15676243)
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by SyneRyder on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:15AM (#15675885)
Try looking in Settings - Look And Feel - Transitions. It looks like you're set in Scroll, which I admit looks & feels really weird. I find Stack to be better.

I'm surprised that Feedly doesn't implement a standard scroll like Twitter etc, at least as an option.

Re:RSS: there's nothing better by corobo on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:04AM (#15676172)
Unfortunately none of them work for me. Stack in my eyes is just what they call scroll with a fancy animation.

When skimming headlines I want to keep my eyes fixed and move the content past them

Re:RSS: there's nothing better by tachaeon on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:28AM (#15676268)
I use newsify. You should check it out.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by hylianwarrior on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:23AM (#15675747)
I came to this thread from Feedly :)
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by InternetUser on Saturday November 11, 2017 @09:11AM (#15676418)
Same here. I follow HN FROM Feedly so I can minimize the risk of missing any post.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by anabisengrin on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:06AM (#15675689)
Why do you act in such a victimized way ? You were trapped in a closed system, the trap crumbled down and now you're free. Google did not kill RSS, it killed its RSS reader and that's it. The number of websites providing an RSS feed has not declined since.

I mean I really do not understand your way of thinking ? When Google is no more, will it have killed maps and videos ?

Re:RSS: there's nothing better by mantas on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:06AM (#15675690)
I stopped RSSing after Google Reader was gone. I started using RSS (well, whatever is left of RSS..) few months ago. Happy!
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by fredley on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:13AM (#15675715)
I just logged into The Old Reader for the first time in a long time. What a lot of interesting stuff I used to follow.
Re:RSS: there's nothing better by VLM on Saturday November 11, 2017 @09:05AM (#15676386)
I was kinda worried about RSS "dying" due to google. Before google reader died I had about 140 feeds in my newsblur, right now in my newsblur tab I have 134. I'm not thinking google reader dying impacted the RSS ecosystem very much although there was a very small measurable effect.