RSS reading in late 2020

Yesterday’s IFTTT’s remap made me think about how I’m reading sites. RSS never fully went away for me, but now that I can’t rely on IFTTT, I’m going to lean on it a bit more.

My new rules for RSS:

• No Fire hose websites. If i see “50+ articles a week,” I’m out.
• No publications. Twitter and Nuzzel are pretty good about lifting the more timely and interesting stuff from verticals.
• Newsletters are A+ RSS material, because most people write 1-2 a week. Newsletters have been the new blogs for a while now, and I’m still surprised how easy it is to just put a /feed in front of a newsletter URL and it just works.
• Check it when you remember. No notifications, no apps on the home screen. The whole point of an RSS reader is it’ll keep it until you need it.

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