I used to be a heavy user of RSS, back in the Google Reader days. I loved it for following a wide array of different blogs. I'm not really sure why I stopped with rss - I switched to viable alternatives to Google reader when it died.
Recently I've been keen to get back into this way of using the web, because I have evidently been sucked into scrolling on the platforms until the algorithms give me something I want to see.
The other day, one of my favourite web dev blogs (and one of the only blogs I actually seek out) created this fantastic compendium of Web Performance resources and blog links, along with an associated rss opml file. Surely this is the push I needed to get back to the glory of the web.
I think OPML is underrated and the combination of RSS (Really Social Sites) and OPML (Other People's Meaningful Links) could give the open web a resurrection as the social media of choice for curious people.
Right now, I'm working on integrating more and more OPML functionality into my RSS software. I envision a quick way of exploring and discovering new links/feeds from sites/feeds that I already follow.
Recently I've been keen to get back into this way of using the web, because I have evidently been sucked into scrolling on the platforms until the algorithms give me something I want to see.
The other day, one of my favourite web dev blogs (and one of the only blogs I actually seek out) created this fantastic compendium of Web Performance resources and blog links, along with an associated rss opml file. Surely this is the push I needed to get back to the glory of the web.
https://infrequently.org/links/
But I definitely need to put in the effort to discover other eclectic blogs. I really miss reading long, authentic things on diverse topics