On Thu, 03 Aug 2023 21:33:24 +0100 Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote:
> Andy Smith wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 06:23:15PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 05:29:33PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > >> > On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 03:07:47AM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> > > For that matter, is RSS still in use? > >> > > >> > $ r2e list | wc -l > >> > 72 > >> > >> Andy, I don't understand; kindly explain. > > > >I am notified about new posts to feeds that I follow by rss2email. I > >have 72 feeds that I actively follow. > > > >> But I am a dinosaur, and I am not sure that RSS still is vital or even > >> helpful to a web site; therefore my query. > > > >It is niche but very appreciated by those of us that use it. > >Basically if I like a blog or similar service then I like to follow > >it. But I will never see new postings unless they have a feed, or if > >I follow them on Fediverse. I'm not going to sit there reloading 72 > >web sites every day. > > > >(Doesn't have to be RSS; any feed tech like Atom is fine also) > > Similar here. I'm using FreshRSS daily to pick up on RSS/atom feeds > from all over the place... Ditto - Liferea for all kinds of blogs and other sites that regularly / semi-regularly publish new content, including tech and Linux / FLOSS sites such as Ars Technica, LWN.net, etc. -- Celejar
