Ur Ya'ar2d ago
Many people around me here on fedi seem to enjoy #RSS readers. I tried adding an RSS extension to my browser long ago, probably 15 years ago, but it didn't fit. After some time it lay idle, with unread counters raising higher and higher, I removed it. I didn't think of it much, but lately I'm more exposed to people liking RSS, I felt both the curiousity to try again, and some undefined aversion from the past.
I wasn't sure what it is, until I read @tg describing the philosophy behind #Current
Show threadUr Ya'ar2d ago

@tg :
> Every RSS reader I've used presents your feeds as a list to be processed. Items arrive. They're marked unread. Your job is to get that number to zero, or at least closer to zero than it was yesterday.

This resonated with me strongly. I don't want another inbox where I feel I have to read everything, or feel "guilty" leaving things unread. I love Terry's approach to this.
https://www.terrygodier.com/current

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Current

An RSS reader that doesn't count. What happens when you stop treating your feeds like an inbox and start treating them like a river.

Terry Godier
Show threadUr Ya'ar2d ago

I also love the idea of different content passing by at different paces. As Terry puts it:

> This solves a problem that has haunted every chronological feed since Google Reader: a single prolific source drowning out everything else.

Thus is something I've been struggling with on #Mastodon. People that post a lot drown others. I often miss posts by people that I want not to miss. Currently I tey solving it using Lists, but other solutions might be nice as well.

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Show threadUr Ya'ar2d ago
I'd love to hear your thoughts. Do you like RSS readers? Which ones? Do you feel the same way about unread counters? Do you have tips on enjoying better content without FOMO or guilt that you haven't read it all?
Show threadKorrespondent zur See1d ago
@yaarur @CiaraNi There is no FOMO in today’s endless rain of information. RSS (#NetNewsWire and a #FreshRSS server for me) help me to maintain what is interesting and is mostly filled with content I am interested in. My Mastodon Bookmarks even end up in a feed there automatically. But than: Everything unread gets auto deleted after 14 days, unless it is starred. And when starred the content is automatically piped into a draft post to my #Mixpost instance to be reshared.
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@yaarur @CiaraNi But that said, I am maybe not the “work it to zero” guy, currently having about 6k of unread e-mails.
Apr 14 at 5:25pmMona for Mac
Show threadCiara1d ago
@Hinnerk @yaarur 🙂