Advertising RSS feeds is also a good way to reach back and replace substack. People have forgotten them but they still work just as much as before. I've dug up Reeder that is still kicking after all these years.

[–] miguel@fedia.io 37 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm a huge fan of RSS, it's how I get 90% of my media now.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 11 points 5 days ago

finding this post through my selfhosted freshrss server :). absolute game changer both for convenience and managment of everything.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago

I even use RSS to get notified in niche lemmy communities I'm trying to nurture.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 8 points 5 days ago

I just wrote my academic library a note saying they should add this to their awesome blogs

[+] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com -15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

RSS is dead tech.

[–] Anahkiasen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How is it dead tech if everything still works, apps are still being made and websites still publish feeds? Literally every Substack and such has an rss it's so easy that most websites have it without knowing and don't link it but it works anyway

[–] miguel@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

Considering it's shipped by default on the fedi, on ghost, discourse, bsky and loads of other very hot upcoming and established tools, it's very much alive. Just because xitter and facebook and google failed to find a way to monetize it and therefore tried to kill it doesn't make it dead.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Excuse me for being a bad techie, but.... Wtf is rss? I've been around since before dsl, and rss has never been something I've researched or understood.

I get that it's a feed, i think? Is it like a file that is a subscription protocol?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

It stands for "Really Simple Syndication" (I think).

Its a standard for sending updates to a website, but its most commonly used to aggregate stuff like posts and articles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think of it as the internet coming to you rather than you going to it.

You subscribe to updates on a website and it intelligently pulls new content/articles. Its pretty neat! Lots of clients such as Outlook/Thunderbird have built in rss support and lots of websites provide them.

Here is one such software Tiny Tiny RSS that I self host (but most dont self host from what I understand).

Get started today (if your interested): https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/05/thunderbird-rss-feeds-guide-favorite-content-to-the-inbox/

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago

My RSS feeds outnumber my newsletters like 40 to 1. It's an incredibly lively and convenient way to syndicate updates of any kind.

[–] Snoopy@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Why ? I use it for plenty website 🤔

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

No it's not

[–] rglullis@communick.news 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

She touches on the aspect of monetization and claims that "you could save money by being on the Fediverse".

Yes, in theory it is possible. In practice this is something that only is available for the already-famous journalists who have enough pull to move their audience from Substack to their own property.

For everyone else, the Fediverse is (a) too small and (b) too "anti-money" to encourage professionals to even try making a living here. They stay on Substack for the same reason that video creators stay on YouTube: it's a horrible master, but at least it lets them pay their bills.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well written article. I wonder how common cross posting your content is for Mastoton and Bluesky? Or peertube and YouTube? I chose Mastodon because I believe in activityhub and YouTube because it actually has people. Would someone prefer mastodon but also share to bluesky?

I find it kind of goofy that they quote their own toots. Feels like tooting their own horn. Just say it, don’t need to quote it.

[–] Gibibit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A few channels like The Linux Experiment post videos to both, probably for the reasons that you mentioned. Its uncommon though, because most YouTube channels are (partially) in it for the money. No ad revenue on PeerTube!

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. That’s the only video example I could think of too

[–] k0mprssd@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

i use bluesky and I do see some people that bridge their mastodon account with their bluesky account, its rare but its there.