Re: Feeds aren't yet dead (Was: Re: perl module listgarden)
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...
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