Hello, RSS — PaulStamatiou.com

It has been years since I’ve used RSS to keep tabs on interesting blogs I’ve found and websites I like. Social media took over and blogging went from being ubiquitous to being more of a novelty. Google shutdown FeedBurner 8 years ago; Google Reader was shuttered shortly after. I used to follow a few hundred personal weblogs but eventually that number dwindled down as people stopped blogging. My consumption time naturally adjusted to focus on other sources like Twitter. Despite RSS standing for Really Simple Syndication, it couldn’t hold a candle to simpler and more interactive services… things everyone has like Twitter, Reddit, or even the Apple News app. And then in recent years individual email newsletters became more mainstream with services like TinyLetter and Substack making it easy for people to build and reach their own community as well as monetize. RSS has been considered dead to all but the most dedicated and loyal. It’s now almost 2021. Things I want to keep up to date with

It has been years since I’ve used RSS to keep tabs on interesting blogs I’ve found and websites I like. Social media took over and blogging went from being ubiquitous to being more of a novelty. Google shutdown FeedBurner 8 years ago; Google Reader was shuttered shortly after. I used to follow a few hundred personal weblogs but eventually that number dwindled down as people stopped blogging. My consumption time naturally adjusted to focus on other sources like Twitter. Despite RSS standing for Really Simple Syndication, it couldn’t hold a candle to simpler and more interactive services… things