RSS is awesome

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314 points edverma2 | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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k2enemy ◴[28 Aug 25 23:34 UTC] No.45058232[source]▶

>>45058024 (OP) #

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]▶

>>45058232 #

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]▶

>>45058489 #

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.