We lost something when we stopped following individual content sources
While Reader is gone, Feedly (and others) have done a good job replacing it
You don’t have to give up the power of the aggregators; just add them as sources
RSS is clutter-free consumption, with fewer ads, no popups, etc
Curating your input garden is a meaningful part of the consumption experience
It’s relaxing to know you only have to check one place rather than N places
iamlost
4:34 am on May 18, 2020 (gmt 0)
I never gave it up, neither as a user nor as a publisher.
That many people and organisations did so was primarily due to their imbibing of Google kool-aid and following the SEO/marketing gurus down the RSS is dead rabbit hole when G killed Reader.
RSS is as it has always been: a media marketing/syndication method. As are podcasts (my pages can be downloaded or streamed audibly as well as read), as are a percentage of site videos on YouTube, as are Twitter announcers/comments/links, etc.
Yes, much the greater part of the general browsing population is unaware or has ‘forgotten’ RSS but that makes it a potential competitive advantage if approached with the right mindset.
There are so many unappreciated audience attract and retain vectors available... not that I’m complaining just continually bemused.
bill
12:37 pm on May 18, 2020 (gmt 0)
My OPML file has dwindled somewhat over the years, but it's well curated and I can find things that no search engine will surface in the SERPs. It's a part of my daily routine to see what my feeds have to offer.
RogerM
12:31 am on Jun 27, 2020 (gmt 0)
I am an old school kind of guy anyway so, but I don´t know why people stopped using RSS feed in the first place. I found it to be an extremely useful way to stay up to date with the most current topics from the areas of our interest from around the web.
