[pavel_lishin]

> If I want to check updates I can open a browser and visit a specific blog once per week/month. Literally no effort.

That sounds like rather a lot of effort to me - remembering that a given blog exists, remembering its URL, remembering to check it every so often.

A buddy of mine just updated his blog after a 14 month hiatus. I forgot he even had a blog, and I would have definitely missed the update if it wasn't in my RSS reader.

[wolvesechoes]

Well, I tend to believe that I remember things worth remembering. If I would forget about any of the blogs I read from time to time, I wouldn't consider it a loss.

Someone else here mentioned they follow 700 YT channels. I follow maybe 4, so I think we are from different planets.

[incompleteCode]

As someone with ADHD, I’m glad that the technology exists to create a RSS feed off a website even if the author intentionally doesn’t maintain one.

I don’t think “if it’s important you’ll remember it” is applicable to everyone.

[brokenmachine]

I don't know how to see the number of YT channels I subscribe to, but I bet it's similar.

I also have over 1000 tabs open in my Firefox session.

[kordlessagain]

Come on, if checking a blog once a month is too much effort for you, maybe you're spending way too much time glued to your RSS reader and not enough time outside touching grass. Just saying.

[aeonik]

For me, it's exactly the opposite problem. If I'm not checking something every day, I forget about it.

For example, I'm subscribed to over 700 YouTube channels, but most of them only post one a week to once a quarter. I force notifications on for these, and it's always a treat when one of my favorites pops up in the feed.

There are very few YouTube channels that I want to watch daily, unless it's a series... or Simon Whistler.

[pavel_lishin]

What an uncharitable diagnosis of my life.

[kordlessagain]

Same could be said of your comment to my submission, and hard work.