Forget billionaire algorithms, use RSS.

[theimpulson@mastodon.social]

@grumpygamer I use ReadYou from @fdroidorg. Very nice and simple app. F-Droid also has a blog post every once in a while about updates on free softwares. Recommended!

https://f-droid.org/packages/me.ash.reader

[16677@social.vivaldi.net]

@grumpygamer Sure, let's start rebelling by using RSS. But writing about it on Mastodon strikes me as more childish than anything else. The problem itself is very concrete: a handful of giant companies have enclosed public debate inside their own silos, which they control — and that leaves us incapable of making any collective decision as a society. Those companies are Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and TikTok. So: any concrete ideas about what to actually do about it at the societal level?

[andii@mas.to]

@gbsills @Azuaron @grumpygamer
Indeed, I'm on my third reader for that reason. Happily export and import hasn't been too onerous.

[mprove@hci.social]

@grumpygamer Cool. I could have used this list before coding my own RSS browser >> #RSSEnterprise https://mprove.de/blogs/rss/index.php?rss=hci.social/@mprove/tagged/rssenterprise.rss

[steinarb@mastodon.social]

(should't that be "RSSistance"...?)

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@760ceb3b9c0ba4872cadf3ce35a7a4 @grumpygamer visibly vibecoded website. had to wash our eyes out after closing the tab. ugh

[grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@16677 I have no idea what you're talking about.

[seepr@toot.community]

@grumpygamer regarding rss feeds of mastodon acconts: I think they suck. They don't contain the entire text content of the post but only the first few words?

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@grumpygamer @airakose obvious slop website

[romli@social.vivaldi.net]

@grumpygamer https://feedcontrol.fivefilters.org/ is also very handy for making /managing RSS for sites where one is not available

[droidboy@social.cologne]

@grumpygamer This is the way.

[jaxvent@lgbtqia.space]

@grumpygamer

Been using RSS again (was an RSS fangirl back in the day haha) for about a year now to curate a news feed from sources I trust, and honestly I don't know why I forgot it existed for so long.

That's a great resource thanks for sharing

[airakose@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@whitequark bleh, thats on me. I only did a cursory glance. It defs looks sketch, and the top recs are for slop feeds too so either way, yeah...

Thanks, unshared

[aquaclaire@ecoevo.social]

@grumpygamer Thank you for the advocacy and the very helpful resource link.
@16677

[halfheartedfanatic@mas.to]

@gbsills @Azuaron @grumpygamer Any decent RSS reader will let you export your subscriptions. Right? Switching costs are low.

I use the RSS feature of Google Alerts to find news on specific topics across the web. I often wonder when/if they'll discontinue that service, or enshittify it with ads. For now, it's great - Google without Google

[anthrazit@mastodon.social]

@grumpygamer

You should spell it ReSiStance

[aquaclaire@ecoevo.social]

@waldschnecke I really like Feedbro, in preference to all other RSS readers I've tried. I wish there were also a version on Firefox for Linux. (& Android ?) @grumpygamer

[uncensorednews@mastodon.social]

@grumpygamer
Here is my list of recommended feeds.
https://uncensorednews.us/rss-feeds

[woollypigs@sudomakecake.com]

@grumpygamer sadly many websites only put the headline and potentially the first paragraph into the feed, so you still have to click through to the site to read it

[ww@xyzzy.link]

@grumpygamer billionaire algorithms include whatever was used to generate this website