r/rss

Hi r/rss,

I registered feeddi.com back in 2008 and ran a Q&A site on it for years. It never made money, but I kept it going because I liked running it. When AI made Q&A sites pointless, I shut it down and used the

domain for something I'd missed since 2013: Google Reader.

So here it is: https://feeddi.com

What it does:

- Chronological feed, no algorithm. Newest or oldest first, nothing hidden or reordered.

- Folders, unread counts, starred articles, search.

- Google Reader keyboard shortcuts: j/k, s, m, v, Shift+A (press ? for the full list).

- Podcasts built in: audio and video episodes play right next to your articles. YouTube channel feeds show up as videos.

- OPML import and export. Your folders are kept, and you can leave anytime.

- Reading-focused design: Paper, Sepia and Night themes, adjustable text size, focus mode.

- Interface in 21 languages.

- Optional starter packs, so a new account doesn't open to an empty screen.

Platforms: The web app is live now. Android and iOS apps are coming in a few days, synced with the web.

Pricing: Free, and it will stay free. There won't be a paid tier. I'll keep it running on donations, the same way I kept the old site running for years.

What I'd love feedback on:

1. Import your real OPML. Did anything break, or did any feed fail to load?

2. What's missing that would stop you from switching from your current reader?

3. Anything that feels off compared to Google Reader?

I'll be around in the comments. Thanks for taking a look!

openrss had them but now my reddit feeds say Too many requests are being made from this network. i'm not a power user, if they only refresh every hour, that's fine for me. any alternatives?

Social media algorithms optimize for your attention.

RSS feeds optimize for what you actually want to read.

I’ve been thinking about how we consume information online.

When you rely on social media for news and updates, you don’t completely choose what you see.

The algorithm does. And the things that get pushed to you aren’t always the things you actually care about.

RSS feels different.

You choose the sources.

You choose what to follow.

You decide what’s worth reading.

It could be a news website, a blog, a YouTube channel, an engineering blog, a research publication, or simply someone whose work you enjoy.

No endless scrolling. No algorithm deciding what comes next. Just the content you chose to follow.

That’s the idea behind Frontpagee. I’m building it to make following the things you care about simpler, calmer, and more personal.

Still building and improving it, but I’m curious:

Do you still use RSS in 2026, or do you mostly rely on social media to discover what to read?

The announcement that Reddit will stop supporting RSS soon has me thinking of all the frustration I've been experiencing over the last few months and years. I've used services like Feedbro to essentially skip having to go to different websites just for a glance at artists and quick updates, for convenience's sake and just to not have to suffer through wasteful algorithmic feeds that don't show me what I want.

At this point most if not all of them have closed their doors to the idea, afraid of scraping that keeps happening regardless of their attempts. At the same time, directly interacting with Instagram and Twitter is like poison, and it's designed to be like that. I've mostly used Reddit and, before, Facebook, to go to specific communities in order to avoid feeds, but even that gets much harder as every service starts asking for credentials and ID just to be the same kind of user I've been for decades.

I don't know if it's a rant or a request for help, at this point. Is anyone in a similar boat as far as how they want to use RSS feeds and how it's becoming short of impossible? At this point my Feedbro has turned into mostly a Youtube subscription warning. Discord bots manage to bridge the gap with some Instagram and Twitter accounts, but not by that much. The end goal is obviously to trap people in their own ecosystems, but it's mostly just alienating in practice. I just don't care enough about anything to have to use Twitter frequently.

Hey everyone,

A few months back, I tested several RSS readers to find the right fit and stumbled upon one with a feature I really loved. It had a toggle in the options that allowed the article view to stretch edge-to-edge - pushing content behind/beyond the status bar to get this "immersive fullscreen" feature.

I really enjoyed it and want to switch back to it but I can’t remember what the app was called! I know I downloaded it directly from the Google Play Store but the app history is not really helping.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks in advance!

I spun up an instance for rss hub but I don’t actually understand how to use it if I’m being honest.

How can I use it to monitor social media accounts from government agencies without following them.