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Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by zenlot on Thursday March 05, 2020 @05:47PM (#22499182)
Opened this post using RSS in Inoreader. All my news comes via RSS. I use it for news sites, I use it for Medium and I also use it for Reddit. The nice thing about it, is that everything stays in one place, categorized and I can see unread counts. Especially useful while checking reddit feeds. There's no infinite scroll and I can clearly see/mark what's been read and what's not. I can come back later and continue from where I left or review my favorites. If the site does not have RSS, or I can't make it appear in Inoreader - most likely I won't be visiting it again, or at least not scrolling daily. RSS gives you freedom and saves you a lot of time.
Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by jamie-vesoft on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:09PM (#22500437)
Totally agree that the nice thing is everything stays in one place. I use it for Stack Overflow as well. :) And will definitely add Reddit to my list.
Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by timbit42 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @06:09PM (#22499371)
I use it for eBay and Kijiji. Great for sniping.
Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by vroomik on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:30AM (#22501895)
I use Inoreader too, care to explain how do you use it for ebay? I've tried to add sub from ebay url to no avail..
Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by sys_64738 on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:21AM (#22504223)
Familiarity. Centralization. Time saving. No ads.

These are the major strengths of RSS.

If it’s dead or not, just leave it be for us.

Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by mdoar on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:16PM (#22506897)
Me too. RSS is the way to absorb lots of information
Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead? by _hao on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:24AM (#22501866)
Same thing. Inoreader is such a good product!