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Re: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms

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scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> Forums attempt to simulate 'push' by:
>> b) RSS, which almost nobody uses
> 
> I guess I'm "almost nobody."  I use RSS not only for tracking new posts to
> websites and blogs, but also to find new software releases for which I need
> to update the Gentoo ebuilds I maintain.  I started out using Google Reader
> for this purpose, but when it was discontinued (probably for not bringing in
> enough $$$), I switched over to self-managed TTRSS and have never looked
> back.

I actually direct most RSS feeds that I watch to email, so that
takes the discussion full-circle. If I followed more high-volume
feeds then a dedicated feed reader would probably be more
desireable (or reading via NNTP with Gwene, which of course is also
an option with mailing lists using Gmane).

>> I don't know how people manage to keep track of more than a handful of
>> forums.  Do they just open dozens of browser tabs every day?
> 
> I don't really do forums, except to maybe dig up answers to questions
> already asked.  I suspect even an RSS feed from a forum would still be too
> noisy to want to check on a regular basis.

In my experience only some forums supply an RSS feed in the first
place anyway. Or maybe the forum admins are the people who were
meant as the almost nobodys.

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  Re: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2023-01-09 23:05 +0000
    Re: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us - 2023-01-10 17:27 +0000
      Re: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-01-11 07:15 +1000
        Re: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2023-01-10 22:03 +0000
          Re: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us - 2023-01-11 20:20 +0000
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