Post #3535805

2026-07-02 11:12 UTC

@codinghorror@infosec.exchange @bovaz@misskey.social @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer @jwz@mastodon.social wait really? Maybe I’m weird I still use RSS to this day (via NetNewsWire) and enjoy it very much. Certainly more than most social media apps. The only annoyances are sites that don’t have full content feeds (only article summaries) or major sites that flood you with 100s of posts a day.

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@lproven@social.vivaldi.net 2026-07-02 11:17

@codinghorror@infosec.exchange @bovaz@misskey.social @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer @jwz@mastodon.social What @mzagaja@mastodon.social said. I moved all my feeds into Google Reader when it was already middle-aged: it was so convenient to have all my feeds set up and ready to go on any machine. Then, when Google sent Reader to the Graveyard, I just went back to reading all the individual sites like a caveman. This year, after reader prompting, I rediscovered it. I tried in Thunderbird but I find its reader a little clunky. So, like Matt, I am using NetNewsWire, and at risk of sounding like a burger advert, I'm loving it. Saves me a good hour every morning. I tried to share the joy: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/03/09/rss-dulls-the-pain-of-the-modern-web/5226760

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@caracabe@mastoart.social 2026-07-02 11:27

@mzagaja@mastodon.social @bovaz@misskey.social @codinghorror@infosec.exchange @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer @jwz@mastodon.social Seconded. NetNewsWire is how I follow the blogs I care about.

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@aerique@genart.social 2026-07-02 11:42

@mzagaja@mastodon.social @codinghorror@infosec.exchange @bovaz@misskey.social @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer @jwz@mastodon.social Nah, there were fine RSS user experiences. Jeff can't make a blanket statement like that and also say if one disagrees with it that they're delusional. That's just bullshit. Then again, maybe he was only using OSX.

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