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[lesley@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@brentsimmons It's surprising how many people are using RSS. I something bumps into people in real life who use it.

I feel that people say "RSS is dead" because RSS users don't talk back (unlike, say, on social media) and it's hard to know they exist, but there is a reason it's still widely supported across so many blogs and sites.

[wjmaggos@liberal.city]

@brentsimmons

ActivityPub is next gen RSS, adding boosts and replies. I don't want to subscribe to a million feeds or podcasts, but I would like to follow a lot of people and see what articles, videos and podcast episodes are most popular with them.

[drdirtbag@mountains.social]

@brentsimmons Praise be to those who baked it into various CMSs back in the day, where it silently continues to do its job, beneath the notice of web devs and Chief Growth Officers. (And thanks for NNW.)

[c_salem@mastodon.social]

@brentsimmons We Salute you Aaron Swartz.

[banshee7076@hear-me.social]

@brentsimmons

2014: This will be the year of Linux.
2015: This will be the year of Linux.
2016: This will be the year of Linux.
2017: This will be the year of Linux.
2018: This will be the year of Linux.
2019: This will be the year of Linux.
2020: This will be the year of Linux.
2021: This will be the year of Linux.
2022: This will be the year of Linux.
2023: This will be the year of Linux.
2024: This will be the year of Linux.
2025: This will be the year of Linux.
2026: This will definitely be the year of Linux

[johnmacintosh@swiss.social]

@brentsimmons If that happens, I will cancel my Internet access.

[l_inadapte@framapiaf.org]

@brentsimmons
RSS − like punk − never dies

[trashboypro@eldritch.cafe]

@brentsimmons god I hope not. An RSS Reader is literally how I manage all of the text-based social media websites right now and it works far better than their respective apps

[iamdtms@mas.to]

@brentsimmons A content of a webapp does not depens on appearance and operation. Web MVC works fine. Content syndication too.

[nsonic@troet.cafe]

@brentsimmons @timo I am about to Write my own little rss aggregator / reader because none that i know has the features i like to have ‍️

RSS is such a great thing!

[anparker@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@brentsimmons I heard the same thing about e-mail.

[ben@kwiecien.us]

@brentsimmons what about ROUS's

[danielpree@chaos.social]

@brentsimmons @timo live it und used it ever since

[stairjoke@indieweb.social]

@brentsimmons @nicksherman

2014: OMG you still use email?!
2015: OMG you still use email?!
2016: OMG you still use email?!
2017: OMG you still use email?!
2018: OMG you still use email?!
2019: OMG you still use email?!
2020: OMG you still use email?!
2021: OMG you still use email?!
2021: OMG you still use email?!
2022: OMG you still use email?!
2023: OMG you still use email?!
2024: OMG you still use email?!
2025: OMG you still use email?!
2026: Newsletters move to blogs with RSS feeds.

[florianziegler@mastodon.social]

@nSonic @brentsimmons @timo I can recommend @FeedCity!

[nsonic@troet.cafe]

@florianziegler @brentsimmons @timo @FeedCity None can display rss feed of forums in a good way, like grouping by title. In a forum you might get updates in only 5 threads but the rss feed is flooded with 50 items because about 10 new posts in each thread. Showing each thread only once with a shaded color to indicate it’s a group and a badge with the item count in each group. Tapping a group to expand/collapse or navigate to a list of items in that group.
I might write it myself ‍️

[poetaster@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@brentsimmons it's like MIDI's little cousin.

[desparoz@mastodon.au]

@brentsimmons @rscottjones I just wish websites claiming to be blogs didn’t switch RSS off

[fatboy@fosstodon.org]

@brentsimmons
Linux = NewsBoat,
iOS = Netnewswire,
Android = Capy Reader

Also, Pale Moon and Basilisk web browsers support it ootb, if you want a browser app for rss separate from your daily driver

[starfia@mastodon.social]

@brentsimmons –

I can certainly understand some mild confirmation bias. ^ ^

I don't get the impression we're on the cusp of "not being surprised," but I'd also keep my ears open for any rise in "what's RSS?" and consider it promising.