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314 points edverma2 | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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k2enemy ◴[28 Aug 25 23:34 UTC] No.45058232[source]▶
Boy do I feel old if a short, low content PSA about the existence of RSS is considered "hacker news."
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user3939382 ◴[29 Aug 25 00:14 UTC] No.45058489[source]▶
RSS is the antidote to algorithm feeds. I’m glad for any mention of it. 90% of the tools users need were built 1970-2000 including RSS.
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627467 ◴[29 Aug 25 01:33 UTC] No.45059015[source]▶
Having restarted using rss in the past months (after probably 10+ years of not using it) i am now starting to remember why I stopped using it: lack of a personal "algorithm" that made hundreds (if not 1000s) of unread daily items to be manageable.

I know part of it is on me. I need to let go, unsubscribe aggressively, etc... but this is... work?

Im not a regular iOS user, but on it I have feeeeds which actually seem to have a sane personal "algorithm" of sorts that doesn't force ALL feeds items onto me, and also isn't purely chronological.

More readers should have this

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jayd16 ◴[29 Aug 25 02:45 UTC] No.45059528[source]▶
Is there still no alternative filling Google reader's void?
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1. uz3snolc3t6fnrq ◴[29 Aug 25 02:52 UTC] No.45059591[source]▶
you could self-host your own rss reader on a server & set it up to automatically update the feeds in the background every now and then, and just check on it whenever you want to read what's new. freshrss seems to be the popular choice.

there's also some subscription services that seem to do the same thing, but i have no experience with them.