Posted on Wednesday 29 Jul 2020. 1,702 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.
I Ditched the Algorithm for RSS—and You Should Too - Joey's Hoard of Stuff
Joey Einerhand's Portfolio and tech blog.
RSS: there's nothing better
“An RSS feed? That’s so 2007!” “Well then what do you suggest instead?”
A quick guide to creating syndication feeds
RSS and syndication are the backbone of the web and have outlived many cycles of the tech industry. There's never been a better time to properly syndicate your content either, so Declan is here to give you a high level tour of your options.
The Rise and Demise of RSS (Old Version)
An unabridged history of RSS' triumphs and failures.
How to Use Feeds on BlueSky: Complete Guide to Organizing Your Content!
feedle: Search and Discover Quality RSS Feeds from Thousands of Blogs and Podcasts
A search engine for blogs and podcasts, where every search is an RSS feed.
Speeding Up RSS | TechCrunch
I'm sorry, but RSS feeds are way too slow. I know this first-hand. As part of my job here at TechCrunch, I monitor a lot of RSS feeds for breaking news. We also produce our own feed and I can see how quickly it propagates to various feed readers and feed-powered news aggregation services. The lag time between posting a story and seeing it pop up in the RSS feed is usually a few minutes, and then it can take another 10 to 15 minutes or so for it to appear in something like Google Reader. And the TechCrunch feed is probably checked more frequently for updates than most other feeds. In our business, every second counts and RSS just isn't cutting it. While there is an argument to be made that RSS is dying, being replaced by more instantaneous forms of content delivery such as Twitter and other real time streams, many people aren't quite yet ready to give up on it. Instead, they want to save it by speeding it up. Tomorrow, at our Real Time Stream CrunchUp, we will see three demos of projects that do just that in slightly different ways.
It's Time For an RSS Revival
After years of letting algorithms make up our minds for us, the time is right to go back to basics.
Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use? | Hacker News
> Either the built-in web support is poor or it stops fetching the feeds or renders then poorly.
Current - A River of Reading
Current rethinks RSS for the modern reader. Your feeds flow like a river. No inbox anxiety, no unread counts.
Big improvements to @skyreader.app making it more social! Articles you share are now published as a @standard.site linkblog. Follow Skyreader linkblogs in any @standard.site reader (or traditional RSS reader!) Finding your people in Skyreader is also now much improved. Let me know what you think!
Skyreader update - Linkblogs, standard.site, and discussions
skyreader-dev.leaflet.pubLearning about RSS
RSS is still my prefered feed format
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