I’ll start:

  • RSS and blogs, news vs. social media
  • XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat
  • IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc.
  • Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
  • cybersandwich@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Part of my rexxit so far has included me dusting off newsreaders and rss feeds again.

    Im trying to find a good set up. Newsblur seems to be a front runner. I have nextcloud selfhosted, so I could use that with the $2.99 android app or I could pay for newsblur or feedly a few bucks each month.

    Either way, having a self-curated feed of news these last few days has been pretty amazing. There is no algorithm tuned for engagement pumping news in my face. It’s just stories, articles, YouTube videos, and podcasts that I want to see (on my terms).

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      1 year ago

      Fresh RSS is what I use, self hosted and the mobile web interface negates the need for an app. Though there is an app, I’m not a fan of it

      After getting burned by Google killing Reader I decided to never use a 3rd party service again, and FreshRSS has served me well for years.

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        1 year ago

        What I use as well it sgreat and I keep it open in a column on my side monitor all day so I can casually glance at the news whenever

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      1 year ago

      The no algorithm part is pretty neat. Don’t know if you are referring to the Nextcloud News app. If that’s the case, it’s free on the f-droid app store.