I’ll start:

  • RSS and blogs, news vs. social media
  • XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat
  • IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc.
  • Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
    • cybersandwich@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Part of my rexxit so far has included me dusting off newsreaders and rss feeds again.

      Im trying to find a good set up. Newsblur seems to be a front runner. I have nextcloud selfhosted, so I could use that with the $2.99 android app or I could pay for newsblur or feedly a few bucks each month.

      Either way, having a self-curated feed of news these last few days has been pretty amazing. There is no algorithm tuned for engagement pumping news in my face. It’s just stories, articles, YouTube videos, and podcasts that I want to see (on my terms).

      • StefanAmaris@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Fresh RSS is what I use, self hosted and the mobile web interface negates the need for an app. Though there is an app, I’m not a fan of it

        After getting burned by Google killing Reader I decided to never use a 3rd party service again, and FreshRSS has served me well for years.

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      1 year ago

      Do people not use it anymore? I still do. I follow a boatload of different youtube channels, webcomics, blogs, etc. If there’s some other way besides RSS to have all of those updates show up on a single page, I don’t know it.

      • What’s your setup? How do you aggregate different feeds to one page? Where do you find the feeds? I have so many RSS questions - everyone who uses it loves it and I want to understand it.

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        1 year ago

        That’s what I used twitter for tbh. Since everyone is on it it’s easy to follow people, get instant updates and maybe even discover something new through the people you follow and their likes. It’s really a shame it went to shit, it was the lurkers perfect tool, especially when it comes to artists or content creators.

        • Kajo [he/him] 🌈@beehaw.org
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          1 year ago

          Not everyone is on twitter, but lots (all?) of Content Management Systems and blogs have a RSS feed.

          As an academic, I’m syndicated to several labs and research groups which have their own websites, but don’t care about being visible on Twitter.