Do you use an RSS reader at least weekly? Is it good for you?
I'm trying to understand if I want to get one after a decade of not following any blogs and such.
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@nina_kali_nina I have been using RSS readers daily for the past couple of decades, which delivered a steady flow of high-quality writings to my reading queue despite the rise of socials.
I think RSS is also important for bloggers and indie publishers, not just readers:
https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/why-your-blog-still-needs-rss
I use Inoreader and currently subscribe to 322 feeds. My tip: to achieve a good mix, and keep the volume of reading material under control, subscribe to many feeds updated infrequently and fewer feeds updated frequently.
@nina_kali_nina I use one every day, have over 500 feeds I follow (most update rarely). Not just blogs, but news sites, music releases - all kinds of things can have RSS feeds.
Some of the feeds I use as notification only, and I'll visit the original page, because not everything is in the feed. Some others I read directly in the feed reader, because the full content is there, and I can read it without N+1 things getting blocked by uBlock Origin and other extensions.
Tried a number of feed readers, eventually settled on a self-hosted miniflux: since it's hosted, it's always in sync between desktop & phone, as they use the same instance. No app needed, the UI works great from Firefox on Android too. (But there are Android apps for it nevertheless)
