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Re:Bring Back RSS Feeds to Browsers on Thursday April 17, 2025 @03:29PM (#43721120)
Nothing was cooler than having a Feedburner bar on your website with a number showing how many subscribers you had.
Re:Bring Back RSS Feeds to Browsers on Thursday April 17, 2025 @03:28PM (#43721108)
I have used Vivaldi, but only on a linux laptop that I don't use all the time.
Re:Bring Back RSS Feeds to Browsers on Thursday April 17, 2025 @03:28PM (#43721104)
How many people are already using ad blockers and such? This move to sending updates via email and push notifications clogs my inbox so frequently I end up unsubscribing.
I can't read the article because of a paywall. If only there was some sort of token gated system to let me connect to the site and view it without an account that hands them my personal/cc data.
Re:I made an eInk newspaper on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:35PM (#26613507)
You could start a (tiny) newspaper for the cost of this.
Re:My Experience with NFT’s on Sunday March 21, 2021 @08:19PM (#26535399)
Yep I just rebooted it, too many hits at once, if it goes down again I'll upgrade the server lol
Re:Starting a blog has never been this difficult on Friday December 18, 2020 @12:28PM (#25469499)
I've been using write.as for several months now and it's worked great as a blog-only platform. They have a self hosted option called writefreely as well.

I think some folks feel a blog needs a ton of branding and fancy javascript widgets everywhere to be a "blog" when all you need is a block of easily read text.

Re:It's a good time to go back to MP3's on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:27PM (#24043673)
Good ol winamp
Very nice, my scroll wheel makes it go really slow but that is probably an issue on my end.
Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:32AM (#23690405)
Good for you. I quit using tinyletter after two years, switched to substack and quit that last week. https://jetgirl.art/2020/06/27/going-back-to-blogging/
Re:Writers Are More Prolific When They Cluster on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:53PM (#20178057)
It's more than helpful to the other participants. :D
Re:It's VHS vs. Beta all over again, but worse on Sunday April 07, 2019 @12:16PM (#19597739)
Same goes for why you should still buy print copies of books: https://jetgirl.art/2019/04/05/misprints-news-53-charging-by...