Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead?
by zenlot on Thursday March 05, 2020 @05:47PM
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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.
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Re:Ask HN: Is RSS dead?
by jamie-vesoft on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:09PM
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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.
I use it for eBay and Kijiji. Great for sniping.
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..
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.
Me too. RSS is the way to absorb lots of information