I ditched the algorithm for RSS

A good algorithm is a good thing. However what a good algorithm is for me is often different from what it is for those who maintain them. Outrage gets attention and sometimes it is needed, but there is a level of too much, and also a lot of outrage unfairly represents the issues and so it makes me mad even though if I understood the details I wouldn't be mad just concerned.

I want an algorithm that surfaces things of interest to me, then says "you have seen it all, go outside" (with an option of if I'm confined to a hospital bed to go on). Algorithm maintainers want me to keep scrolling for more ad dollars.

A long long time ago before reddit, facebook, digg, twitter, etc, there was usenet. It worked a bit like reddit but subreddits were called news groups.

There were many front ends for usenet, called news readers.

My favourite was "nn" short for "no news".

It showed you posts in groups you're subscribed to, allowed you to post comments, etc.

When you had finished getting up to date it would EXIT and print:

No news. (Is good news)