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Linked – RSS Readers Are Due for a Comeback

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This is true, there’s no reason for people to be stuck only reading what social media decides they would like to read. Alas, too many of us are not actually interested in doing anything more than knowing what our social networks decide is important.

“But anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you see online at least has a respite, one that’s been there all along but has often gone ignored. Tired of Twitter? Facebook fatigued? It’s time to head back to RSS.

For many of you, that means finding a replacement for Digg Reader, which went the way of the ghost this month. Or maybe you haven’t used RSS since five years ago, when Google Reader, the beloved firehose of news headlines got the axe. For others, it means figuring out what the heck an RSS feed is in the first place—we’ll get to that in just a minute. And some of you have already moved on to the next article in your Feedly queue.

No matter what your current disposition, though, in this age of algorithmic overreach there’s something deeply satisfying about finding stories beyond what your loudest Twitter follows shared, or that Facebook’s News Feed optimized into your life. And lots of tools that can get you there.”

I highly recommend using an RSS reader and subscribing to the blogs, news sites, etc. that bring you things you actually want to learn about.

https://www.wired.com/story/rss-readers-feedly-inoreader-old-reader

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