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by al_borland 6 hours ago
The mainstream ended up using social media to solve the problem RSS had already solved years earlier… it just had poor marketing.

A lot of people do use RSS without realizing it, via podcasts.
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Grombobulous 5 hours ago
While that may be true, I just don’t believe for a second that RSS had any chance of becoming mainstream outside of techie circles.

“Solving the problem” is only one aspect of the reason something becomes popular in the mainstream.

I also don’t think the user experience offered by products like TikTok is possible with RSS.

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al_borland 4 hours ago
> I also don’t think the user experience offered by products like TikTok is possible with RSS.

I use an app called Feeeed on iOS that scrolls my RSS feeds like a social media feed.

If the TikTok reference is more about the never ending algorithmic feed… RSS not doing that is a feature. Of course, I think many among us have been guilty of overloading an RSS reader to the point where it feels like a never ending feed that’s impossible to catch up on.

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