The sports stuff is pretty empty. Team specific (my teams) are mostly dead still. So I’ve been on the corresponding SB Nation blogs more than I had for a long time. Otherwise, just here.
One of the best changes I’ve made to my content consumption habits in the last couple of years has been not relying on following news-ish social media accounts for my news or going to certain websites in hopes that there have been updates, but really diving back into RSS hard. it’s such a better way to get most news content.
Because I’m in the Mac ecosystem, I use NetNewsWire on my devices and sync with iCloud. Before that, I used Feedly to sync. Feedly also has a web interface. I’m not sure what the best RSS apps are for Windows and Android are, though.
Here’s an article Wired did on feed readers last year. Many of them are subscription services, but some are freemium. (NetNewsWire is totally free).
I think the more ‘tech heavy’ communities do well. Linux for example feels about just as active as Reddit in terms of posts and comments. Football (soccer) on the other hand attracts only a fraction. The amount of traffic r/soccer gets is maybe not even desireable (in terms of server load) but the difference is striking. The only remedy is to post there more myself and hope others will too. On Reddit I only lurked there.
I am into a couple city subs on reddit and they are useful and interesting sources of news (though usually the comments are about the worst of everything about reddit). I’ve thought about helping to kickstart the corresponding communities here by posting relevant news, events and photos. About half the links on the reddit subs are local news articles, which are fair game. Nobody would probably object to ‘I lost my cat!’ photos being reposted anywhere too, though it’s not super exciting content.
The sports stuff is pretty empty. Team specific (my teams) are mostly dead still. So I’ve been on the corresponding SB Nation blogs more than I had for a long time. Otherwise, just here.
One of the best changes I’ve made to my content consumption habits in the last couple of years has been not relying on following news-ish social media accounts for my news or going to certain websites in hopes that there have been updates, but really diving back into RSS hard. it’s such a better way to get most news content.
Any tips on where to start?
Because I’m in the Mac ecosystem, I use NetNewsWire on my devices and sync with iCloud. Before that, I used Feedly to sync. Feedly also has a web interface. I’m not sure what the best RSS apps are for Windows and Android are, though.
Here’s an article Wired did on feed readers last year. Many of them are subscription services, but some are freemium. (NetNewsWire is totally free).
I think the more ‘tech heavy’ communities do well. Linux for example feels about just as active as Reddit in terms of posts and comments. Football (soccer) on the other hand attracts only a fraction. The amount of traffic r/soccer gets is maybe not even desireable (in terms of server load) but the difference is striking. The only remedy is to post there more myself and hope others will too. On Reddit I only lurked there.
I am into a couple city subs on reddit and they are useful and interesting sources of news (though usually the comments are about the worst of everything about reddit). I’ve thought about helping to kickstart the corresponding communities here by posting relevant news, events and photos. About half the links on the reddit subs are local news articles, which are fair game. Nobody would probably object to ‘I lost my cat!’ photos being reposted anywhere too, though it’s not super exciting content.