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I Ditched the Algorithm for RSS—and You Should Too - Joey's Hoard of Stuff (joeyehand.com)
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[–] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (5 children)

The hardest part is when you have to curate by yourself. To me RSS feels like a lot of work upfront. Is there a tool to help discover items to add to your feed aligned with your interest?

[–] realitista@lemmy.world 3 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

You can try mine as a starting point if you like. It covers most subject areas, has categories so that you can easily delete the categories you don't care about. Just import the OPML file to any client you like. I like feedly personally.

[–] RamenJunkie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You start with vlogs you like.

Then see who they have in their blog roll.

More seriousl, I have literally used RSS regular since like 2006 or so. And I will NEVER forgive Google for killing Reader.

Anyway, what I mean to say is, its just a growing process. Someone links an article and you say, "Well, this sote seems interesting" and you stick it in your RSS reader.

Next thing you know you are pulling 1000-2000 articles a day, even with limiting filters.

One last bit of advice. Most systems let you export your subs.

DO THIS FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE YOU WILL HATE YOUR PAST SELF WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND YOU LOSE ALL YOUR SUBS.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

I went the Local RSS Reader -> Google Reader -> Feedly -> Self-hosted FreshRSS myself. Kinda went full circle on this.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Feedly does a great job of that.

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago
  • Look around in your online communities and see what publications get shared.
  • Once you find some sites you like, search the web/communities for alternatives with the same topic/vibe.
  • If you find journalists you like, see where else they publish their works, or what publications they used to work at. For bloggers / content creators, see who they collaborate with.
[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

This is where I've struggled. I've gone and tried once or twice and just kinda got confused and lost and came back to reddit, at that time.