Re: Feeds aren't yet dead (Was: Re: perl module listgarden)
On Thu, 03 Aug 2023 21:33:24 +0100
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> Andy Smith wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 06:23:15PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> >> On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 05:29:33PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 03:07:47AM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> >> > > For that matter, is RSS still in use?
> >> >
> >> > $ r2e list | wc -l
> >> > 72
> >>
> >> Andy, I don't understand; kindly explain.
> >
> >I am notified about new posts to feeds that I follow by rss2email. I
> >have 72 feeds that I actively follow.
> >
> >> But I am a dinosaur, and I am not sure that RSS still is vital or even
> >> helpful to a web site; therefore my query.
> >
> >It is niche but very appreciated by those of us that use it.
> >Basically if I like a blog or similar service then I like to follow
> >it. But I will never see new postings unless they have a feed, or if
> >I follow them on Fediverse. I'm not going to sit there reloading 72
> >web sites every day.
> >
> >(Doesn't have to be RSS; any feed tech like Atom is fine also)
>
> Similar here. I'm using FreshRSS daily to pick up on RSS/atom feeds
> from all over the place...
Ditto - Liferea for all kinds of blogs and other sites that
regularly / semi-regularly publish new content, including tech and
Linux / FLOSS sites such as Ars Technica, LWN.net, etc.
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Celejar
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