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I Ditched the Algorithm for RSS - and You Should Too (joeyehand.com)
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Blogger discovers this cool thing called "RSS".

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The problem I run into is most news sites optimize for 2 things

  1. Getting on google
  2. Getting linked on Twitter or Reddit

So most sites have a fuck ton of noise and carpet bomb ads.

I'd love to go back to the RSS model but it's hard finding sites worth reading again.

[–] moon@leminal.space 5 points 11 hours ago

I really agree - I've stepped away from reading so much of what's online because it's all clickbaity junk with no substance. I'm not sure where to look for actual content to put in my reader. But I'm making forays.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

On Firefox on Android there is a reader mode that gives you just the text and images. It's the little icon next to the url. Sometimes you can bypass a paywall if you press it really quick before the page finishes loading.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Lemme clarify a bit. I love reader mode too and agree it cuts out a lot of cruft.

My point was that authors and articles spend less time trying to write an engaging article and more time trying to shove SEO keywords and questions into articles. It ruins the article and makes it something not worth reading.

Reader mode is great but if the substance isn't there then it's all for naught.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I use it quite often. Chills the eyes when reading. Standardized font(size) and design make this bearable.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

This is why I legit built my own space news app , because my autistic brain can't handle all the crap they've added to pages. I just need the text, and images. I don't need links to other articles in the body of the article! I'm currently reading this article!! and stop citing your own articles as sources!

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Find one or two sites you regularly like from your usual sources. Then when THOSE sources link to another source, FOLLOW that link. If that site has good content, add it to your list.

It doesn't take long to build a solid RSS feed, just need to spend a little time curating it. The key is to pay attention to who is providing the info.

Don't like the direction a site is going, remove it from your feed.

If you see that one source is commonly the original source for information, or reporting make sure you do what you can to support it. Do they have a patreon? Can you share it out to your other sources?

Also, make sure you're not falling into a bubble, follow national and international news sources.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'd love to take a look at what other people are following and what they like about it. My own followed are kind of random.

Maybe this is one of those Qs a simple web search can answer...

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago) (1 children)

Really hoping I don't dox myself with this...

I (tried to) remove all the local news sites, but this gives me a pretty decent overview of things I'm interested in, without being overwhelming. You should be able to find some local news sources, and add their LOCAL only feed, so you don't get hammered with national and international news.

<outline text="ADHDinos" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/adhdinos/rss?title_no=820817" htmlUrl="https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/adhdinos/list?title_no=820817" description="A webcomic about ADHD and the difficulties I've encountered through it. *No permission required for reposts*"/>
<outline text="Humon Comics" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Humon-Comics" htmlUrl="http://humoncomics.com/" description="The latest issues."/>
<outline text="Order of the Stick" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.rss" htmlUrl="http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html" description="Order of the Stick"/>
<outline text="War and Peas" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://warandpeas.com/feed/" htmlUrl="https://warandpeas.com/" description="Funny Comics"/>
<outline text="Wondermark" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://wondermark.com/feed/" htmlUrl="https://wondermark.com/" description="An Illustrated Jocularity."/>
<outline text="XKCD" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://xkcd.com/atom.xml" htmlUrl="https://xkcd.com/"/>
<outline text="AnandTech" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.anandtech.com/rss/" htmlUrl="https://www.anandtech.com/" description="This channel features the latest computer hardware related articles."/>
<outline text="Ars Technica" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index" htmlUrl="https://arstechnica.com/" description="Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis."/>
<outline text="BleepingComputer" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/feed/" htmlUrl="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/" description="BleepingComputer - All Stories"/>
<outline text="Bloody Disgusting!" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://feeds.feedburner.com/BloodyDisgusting" htmlUrl="https://bloody-disgusting.com/" description="Horror movie news, reviews, interviews, videos, podcasts and more"/>
<outline text="Deeplinks" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.eff.org/rss/updates.xml" htmlUrl="https://www.eff.org/rss/updates.xml" description="EFF's Deeplinks Blog: Noteworthy news from around the internet"/>
<outline text="iFixit" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.ifixit.com/News/rss" htmlUrl="https://valkyrie.ifixit.com/" description="Fixing the world, one gizmo at a time."/>
<outline text="Krebs on Security" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://krebsonsecurity.com/feed/" htmlUrl="https://krebsonsecurity.com/" description="In-depth security news and investigation"/>
<outline text="NPR Topics: News" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml" htmlUrl="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1001" description="NPR news, audio, and podcasts. Coverage of breaking stories, national and world news, politics, business, science, technology, and extended coverage of major national and world events."/>
<outline text="Schneier on Security" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.schneier.com/feed/atom/" htmlUrl="https://www.schneier.com/"/>
<outline text="Science &amp; Health – FiveThirtyEight" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://fivethirtyeight.com/science/feed/" htmlUrl="https://fivethirtyeight.com/" description="FiveThirtyEight uses statistical analysis — hard numbers — to tell compelling stories about elections, politics and American society."/>
<outline text="The 19th" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://19thnews.org/feed/" htmlUrl="https://19thnews.org/" description="The 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy."/>
<outline text="Universe Today" type="rss" xmlUrl="https://www.universetoday.com/feed/" htmlUrl="https://www.universetoday.com/" description="Space and astronomy news"/>
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Omg thank you for sharing. I think you're good re doxxing, the only one that looked iffy was that Ars Technica URL, and I did a thorough check and couldn't find any PII or credentials leaking.

My own feed is pretty pathetic (had to reinstall OS and did back up the past 5 years):

<outline text="RSS" title="RSS" type="rss" 
            xmlUrl="http://edunham.net/rss.html"/>
      <outline text="thefoolwithapen" title="thefoolwithapen" type="rss" 
            xmlUrl="https://thefoolwithapen.com/index.xml" htmlUrl="https://thefoolwithapen.com/"/>
      <outline text="Wikipedia Atom feed" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" type="rss" 
            xmlUrl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ARecentChanges&amp%3Bfeed=atom" htmlUrl="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges"/>
      <outline text="Tech News weekly bulletin feed" title="Tech News weekly bulletin feed" type="rss" 
            xmlUrl="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=featuredfeed&amp%3Bfeed=technews&amp%3Bfeedformat=rss" htmlUrl="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Main_Page"/>
      <outline text="PedalPC" title="PedalPC" type="rss" 
            xmlUrl="https://www.pedalpc.com/rss.xml" htmlUrl="https://www.pedalpc.com/"/>

I also don' think I'm following Wikipedia correctly. I don't think I've ever managed to figure it out :/

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago

Thanks, I updated the Ars one to a generic feed. Shoulda caught that.

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, is there some sort of directory or something? That'd be cool.