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by mdp2021 758 days ago
> RSS feeds [would be] a more or less stagnant technology, mostly adopted "for fun" or by a niche of people who find them useful

Pray tell, what would be the good alternative, for this «niche of people» who collect the news? We use RSS because news are collected through RSS.

And clients have to be properly, wisely configured: some publish monthly some much more than hourly; some are a feed per domain, others are thousands of feeds per domain... This constitutes a set-up problem.
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8organicbits 758 days ago
RSS is the best option if you are looking to avoid walled gardens. It's a great way to find content without search ads or social media ads. RSS readers put you in control, instead of algorithmic social network feeds that manipulate you into doom scrolling. I think RSS has been growing as the social networks enshittify.
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cqqxo4zV46cp 758 days ago
This is delusional. Are you not able to identify when a thing that you do isn’t very widely done?
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mdp2021 758 days ago
> An odd interpretation of "democracy" is lurking according to which "my ignorance is worth as much as your knowledge"

~~ Isaac Asimov

> An odd interpretation of "democracy" is lurking according to which we should look at masses to take example, instead of warning

~~ mdp2021

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mdp2021 758 days ago
Delusional over what?

Why should "wide adoption" be relevant? We are already very well informed (much too well informed) that "people" are """odd""". What are your assumptions?

If you need to drive a screw, and few people used screwdrivers - who cares? You'd still use screwdrivers even when people tried to use cakes or monkeys or simply stopped driving screws, would you not?

You already expect "people" to use cakes or monkeys for something when they would normally be expected to drive screws - actually, you expect to be surprised with much worse ideas becoming realities. So?

Screwdrivers remain relevant, and using them properly remains equally relevant. And especially so, when you note that people are there with loose parts stuck together because the cake smudged monkey was not precise!

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