RSS never tracked you.
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@peteramthor @Daojoan I actually liked BBSs. A lot. And Usenet.
@martinlentink @peteramthor @Daojoan
Usenet was my first love.
I started with a First Class client. Oh, suddenly got reminded of the period PowWow existed. -
RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.… except for Google mail…
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan Email throttles you all the time.
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@Daojoan I used to be surprised by the internet looking immune to the hype cycle.
In recent years, I realized we have just been on the 1st slope and we're approaching the "Peak of inflated expectations".
Once it's a repository of mostly fake generated stuff, we'll quickly reach the "Trough of disillusionment".
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan well not exactly with email like they sometimes get held back for stupid reasons but otherwise i get you
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@Daojoan I wish the major browsers would bring back built in RSS!
@scottwhat @Daojoan Vivaldi is a major browser with built-in RSS. I really prefer a standalone RSS reader that is configurable. (On Linux) But If you consider the only major browsers Chrome or Mozilla, then you are out if luck. I depend heavily on RSS and will as long as it's an option.
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@scottwhat @Daojoan Vivaldi is a major browser with built-in RSS. I really prefer a standalone RSS reader that is configurable. (On Linux) But If you consider the only major browsers Chrome or Mozilla, then you are out if luck. I depend heavily on RSS and will as long as it's an option.
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@Daojoan Hi everyone

Please post your top-3 RSS feeds as a reply to this comment

https://www.ireadthisweek.com/author/ireadthisweek/rss
I built this whole blogging engine based on a return to the simpler web. No javascript, RSS feeds with every blog.
Then HN turned evil and the whole site didn’t go anywhere, the email stopped working, everything just fell apart, I couldn’t bring myself to pick the pieces back up
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan We are all exploited and supplicants in the age of techno-feudalism.
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan Today RSS is actually tracking you...
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan True. And this is what happened: https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan You forgot one point : that old web never disapparead, it was just hidden below the "web 2" adds, but it exists, it works, and it's still better.
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@Daojoan Oh, thanks I needed to check an RSS !
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan I first came on Internet in my youth when, in France, the famous Skyblogs were declining and seen as "has been".
For years, I thought it was not worth having a blog: what could I say on there to keep readers engaged?
Well, when I finally set up my blog, I decided I wouldn't care about readers' engagement. Heck, I don't even have analytics (well I do, but I have to skim through Nginx's logs). I write what I feel like writing about, when I feel like writing.
Truly liberating.
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan Just wanted to boost this. Did already weeks ago.
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.@Daojoan feel it. I‘m on TikTok / Shorts / Reels Detox right now. Start to feel a lot better. That short vid stuff is exhausting long term.
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@mu Maybe the feed I subscribed to years ago stopped working. I unsubscribed and forgot about it.
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@martin_ueding @denzilferreira @patrick_h_lauke @Daojoan
People actually read stuff on the interwebz and write you a mail ??
Thats awesome!
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@martin_ueding @denzilferreira @patrick_h_lauke @Daojoan
Well RSS is something I should implement for my SSG.Thanks for reminding me.