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Using RSS to popularize decentralization (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I want decentralized services to become mainstream, but it is understandable that people are hesitant. Signing up for new services takes some time and requires password management which many people doesn't take as seriously as they should. Any pod could also be discontinued for various reasons.

We should advocate RSS because as long as we make the process of using the right reader easy, it is a very convenient way of staying updated on the newest peertube juggling videos, mobilizon hackathon events or pixelfed handstands photos.

We just need to find RSS readers that are cross platform and preserves the users digital rights. That way it is much easier to convince people to join in on the fediverse. This solution will also give more attention to RSS, which is decentralized and ethical as well.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Agreed 100% I use RSS everywhere possible. Mastodon should have a RSS Feed link on every instance by default ! No way I'll use email as notification. F email !

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Mastodon has rss for profiles, add. rss at the end

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It only works for public toots though. It would be nice if I could subscribe via mastodon and get a private RSS URL that included toots (including private) from everyone that I follow.

I also like email, I would like if I could get emailed every toot. (But my RSS goes to my email so that works for me)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

You want to get an RSS feed for all your subscriptions? I think PeerTube does that now. Maybe open an issue for Mastodon as I have no idea if anybody has ever asked for that before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

That's cool! Last I checked peertube doesn't support subscribing to mastodon accounts though. Maybe I'll try it out. Most of my friends aren't using peertube though so the private content isn't as useful to me there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Ah yes. Well at the same time they are different services. Marston is mainly for text, although short video and audio clips can be uploaded too. PeerTube is only for video (VOD and now live).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Good to know, Thanks for sharing. Regardless, a RSS Feed icon link in the frontend would be handy.

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