Example: using the invidious RSS feature for YouTube channels instead of subscribing. RSS also works with Nitter.

On iOS this is my favorite RSS reader: feeeed

Free, really nice interface, and lots of really useful features.

I just opened Lemmy after hitting the bottom of my unread posts in Miniflux.

My favorite for Android is Feeder, no sign up, no hosting

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsenseapps.feeder.play

I've been using the Feedbro extension for Firefox and quite like it. Some feeds display full or almost full articles directly in the reader;

Excellent.

https://aywren.com/2023/02/17/using-nitter-for-twitter-rss-feeds/

I don't spend anywhere near enough time reading to keep up with all my feeds, so the unread counts on the ones with longer posts just keep going up.

also on FDroid :D

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder

I wouldn't be able to run the Trailers community the way I do today without the RSS reader NewsBlur.

My problem with RSS is the same as with email: I never remember to open it and read it.

A long time ago, I had a keyboard with an LCD screen on it (Logitech G15), and it had an RSS reader function. It would show me posts whenever my eyes happened to glance over it, without taking any screen real estate on my actual PC screen. It was a perfect setup for me.

Ever since I stopped using that keyboard (it was getting very old), I've missed this function. Never got a habit for RSS since. :(

I think I should make something like this with Arduino or something.

Vivaldi offers a built in RSS reader. You get notifications when something drops. I think the Arduino idea is nice though.

Esp32 dev board plus a display?

Second this. It’s by far the best one I’ve found.

If the website has a RSS...

I wanted to subscribe to the Mecha Comet Linux device blog but they don't have a RSS...

Elmo c&d that workaround and killed it

They're back (for now)

RSS is great. RIP Aaron Swartz

Check out rss bridge, you can turn most things rssable

In FreshRSS you can automatically mark new posts as read to disable the unread feature all together.

I had to do that because I don't read everything. I use RSS as a news feed to scroll and click on whatever I am interested in reading.

I like the concept of RSS I just can’t get the workflow down. Can I have email alerts sent to me?

My favorite : https://github.com/jocmp/capyreader

Looks cool. Do you use it for any other platform besides RSS?

I also use RSS, mostly for news but I‘m also subscribed to a couple of blogs. For me it‘s better than having to use a bunch of proprietary apps.

Yeah, I follow a few YouTube channels with it. I also use the “random Wikipedia article” feature. I used to also track a couple subreddits but I think that broke lately with one of Reddit’s updates.

The whole point of RSS is that you poll a tiny web page. You could absolutely rig something up to email those to you, I've made a couple little rss clients.

I've tried RSS on and off for 25 years. I just never found a way to use it that isn't completely clunky. 🤷‍♀️

Thunderbird doubles as a rss feed too

You can set feeds up in an RSS reader app like feedly and then just put that app in your doomscrolling rotation

Most importantly it gives you back agency over what you consume online. No algorithms.