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What's your view on RSS - is it dead technology?

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  • what do you use as an aggregator?

    @DownPW In my case, I actually use the RSS plugin for NodeBB 🙂

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    @phenomlab looking to use this in my next attempt 😉.

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab looking to use this in my next attempt 😉.

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    @JAC if you pair that with OGProxy, you’ll have a nice preview of the url also.

    https://sudonix.org/topic/498/setup-ogproxy-for-use-in-nodebb?_=1721249048145

  • @JAC if you pair that with OGProxy, you’ll have a nice preview of the url also.

    https://sudonix.org/topic/498/setup-ogproxy-for-use-in-nodebb?_=1721249048145

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    @phenomlab 🔥 looks very interesting, good work!

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    I still do use RSS, I am regularly getting news from 3 government agencies and new content from one website to my Thunderbird. Especially, since government agencies do not release news regularly, it is nice not to have to check them regularly.

    I previously mentioned that I am using Thunderbird as my email client, I am also using it as my RSS reader.

    https://sudonix.org/post/8832

  • I still do use RSS, I am regularly getting news from 3 government agencies and new content from one website to my Thunderbird. Especially, since government agencies do not release news regularly, it is nice not to have to check them regularly.

    I previously mentioned that I am using Thunderbird as my email client, I am also using it as my RSS reader.

    https://sudonix.org/post/8832

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    @crazycells I’ve been using RSS for years. I’ve recently implemented it at work, where I have setup a NodeBB build that is designed to act as a Knowledge Base with articles (there are thousands in there now), and I also use the RSS feed plugin to capture security news, and regular updates of data breaches etc. Extremely useful.

  • @crazycells I’ve been using RSS for years. I’ve recently implemented it at work, where I have setup a NodeBB build that is designed to act as a Knowledge Base with articles (there are thousands in there now), and I also use the RSS feed plugin to capture security news, and regular updates of data breaches etc. Extremely useful.

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    @phenomlab Yes, I previously tested this to subscribe a topic at our NodeBB forum, and it was working great! However, since I visit our forum regularly, I deleted that feed later.

  • @phenomlab Yes, I previously tested this to subscribe a topic at our NodeBB forum, and it was working great! However, since I visit our forum regularly, I deleted that feed later.

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    @crazycells We connect to around 20 different RSS feeds so we can get “breaking news” which for the recent CrowdStrike issue, was very useful.

  • @crazycells We connect to around 20 different RSS feeds so we can get “breaking news” which for the recent CrowdStrike issue, was very useful.

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    @phenomlab yeah, it makes sense… actually when I heard the news, you came to my mind but because of my busy schedule last week I could not log in to the forum…

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    @JAC would be keen to get your views around RSS feeds 🙂

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    I used to use RSS feeds as well. Especially when I was in IT. It is a great way to just get the articles that pertain to you and not have to put up with all the fluff from the websites.

  • @JAC would be keen to get your views around RSS feeds 🙂

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    @phenomlab said in What's your view on RSS - is it dead technology?:

    @JAC would be keen to get your views around RSS feeds

    I’ve used RSS feeds over the years to pull in articles on forums and websites. I also have an RSS feed app on my phone that contains selective football news, it’s still an incredibly handful tool for me.


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