What is Reddit's opinion of
The Old Reader?
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21 reviews of this app found across Reddit:
I believe in replacing the addiction with something that's worth being addicted to.
So 1st order: clean up your reddit. Just unsubscribe from all the junk subreddits and only subscribe to ones that seem "worth it." It's not like you won't be able to find all of those low quality subreddits or meme pages if you need them - there's no reason to be subscribed.
2nd order: replace reddit with other better activities. For me this is podcasts. I almost never listen to a podcast that I don't think is "worth it" (again, as in cleaning up your reddit, you have to actively stop listening to things that you think are low quality). Podcasts fulfill your criteria of "on the train, it's on the plane, it runs on a computer from 1995, it's at the gym."
Another option is to get an app for reading blogs and choose blogs over reddit (almost always higher quality). I use the old reader.
Aside, I don't think this:
>When you're tired and bored, there's not much you can do that's productive.
is true. This is generally when I do admin, do the dishes, do errands, or as someone said, sleep. Basically, anything that doesn't require my brain to be awake gets put in this slot. This is also a good time for meditation.
I use The Old Reader which is free but there are lots of options - https://theoldreader.com/. RSS is basically a way to very neatly read all the updates to sites you read in one space. So I have a few news organizations I like that I pop in there + some of my favorite blogs and then it’s just one spot where I check up on everything. I find it less overwhelming and it’s nice to not have to navigate a million sites haha.
I use The Old Reader. They started up when Google Reader was removing some social features, and so it has a really similar look and feel to what Google Reader used to. It was a really popular one for people to turn to when Reader shut down.
Really Simple Syndication. It’s what most publications used before FB/IG/Twitter got popular. Most standard blogging software (like WordPress) supports it. I use https://theoldreader.com/ to subscribe and keep track of blogs I like. :)
The Old Reader is a re-implementation of the sadly defunct Google Reader, allowing you to follow any site that has an RSS or Atom feed - most blogs do. In the case of /u/Gundobad_Games blog, in the sidebar where it says "Subscribe To", you can dropdown the "Posts" menu and there's an "Atom" option; you copy and paste that link into the Old Reader.
Learn to look for the RSS icon (that orange square with the three white quarter-circles) and you'll find you can follow quite a lot of blogs that way.
There are other RSS readers as well, as standalone desktop or mobile apps, or as web apps in your browser like the Old Reader.
here's a cool thing:
if you download the news+ app direct apk download and theoldreader
you can add ANY news sites rss feed and basically have a facebook news feed of any news sites you want
it also comes with a search bar so you can search for specific stories
ok, it isn't pretty -- but for feeds that don't have a date per item, you can do this
In A2 have your feed pull
=IMPORTFEED("https://www.comic-rocket.com/feeds/7610bc2d-5925-4089-a906-709554b41b9c/rss/")
Then in D2 (in this case) use
=ARRAYFORMULA( IF(ISBLANK(A2:A),, --REGEXREPLACE( IMPORTXML( "https://www.comic-rocket.com/feeds/7610bc2d-5925-4089-a906-709554b41b9c/rss/", "/rss/channel/lastBuildDate"), "\d{4} (.*)","")))
It'll put the date next to each item so you can consolidate it and sort accordingly.
After Google Reader went down, I went to Feedly, Inoreader, and https://theoldreader.com -- they're all decent. I'm not sure about the others, but I know Inoreader has an all-in-one feed. It's only for pro folks ($45/yr) -- but I'd assume they all offer this.
This would be a handy standalone application -- something that brings in feeds into specific areas, calendars, tasks, etc. A good ol life-dashboard.
I use an RSS feed aggregator; you can use it to subscribe to journals and to create RSS feeds based on keywords/authors from PubMed. It's a similar thing to signing up for alerts, as others have mentioned, but I personally find it too hard to keep up with papers if they're sent to my email. My preferred aggregator is the Old Reader because it lets you star articles to come back to and shows which ones are unread.
If Twitter turns in to Breitbart, I like https://theoldreader.com, the best Google Reader clone (although most RSS/ATOM blog aggregator users migrated to other readers which were available sooner than the clone.)
I have been using The Old Reader since the demise of Google Reader. A few years ago, they went to a subscription plan: $20/year for up to 500 feeds. I gladly pony up, because this was my favorite of the alternatives to Google Reader. There might be a free version (or a free trial?) to let you check it out and see if it's right for you.
There are only a couple of blogs/websites where I have to click through to see the content, and now that I think of it, those are the Substack newsletters I'm subscribed to.
I use mostly websites, but do use clients for Twitter and email. Reddit is very easy to navigate because I'm using the old version, and I know how to navigate by buttons. Those are inherently form elements, so you could use that too. I'm able to use Instacart on the web without any problem. The only problems lately have been payment processing issues on their end. I currently use https://simplerssreader.com for my RSS reader. I would also recommend https://theoldreader.com. If I'm going to use email via a web interface, I'll usually use a mobile/basic interface. I'm able to bank online successfully, without any problems.
>google reader
Ótimo leitor de feeds, com o mesmo sistema de estrelas, compartilhamento e etc. Uso porque acesso de diferentes terminais, até do tablet. Visual simples, como todo site deve ser, sem firulas coloridas e botões arredondados pra desperdiçar recursos com futilidade.
If you want to deal with gaming news without Reddit's filter bubble and the nonsense comments, I'd recommend setting up your own RSS feed. I use TheOldReader, where you can set up your own feeds with multiple sources. I'm a PC gamer myself, and I've set up subscriptions to PC Gamer, Kotaku, RPS, PCGamesN, and so many more. Usually you can find the feeds within the websites themselves - if not, you can use queryfeed to grab their twitter feeds, which serves as a functional alternative (the itch.io twitter feed, for example, is a great stream of interesting indie games)
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you just have to find the rss link and copy+paste it into the site, and it lets you track which chapters you've read and collects links to chapters automatically.
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for reddit threads, you can make a link by using the search bar, and once you've come up with a search that will give you the chapters and not too much else, you set it to sort by 'new' and then type ".rss" after the search (before the question mark) in the url, then copy & paste that whole link.
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Wordpress sites often have a link somewhere on the page, but it's usually just https://www.example.com/feed.rss
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archiveofourown doesn't have the feature available, as far as I can tell.
Thanks for checking these out. My InoReader subscription is paid up to 2020 at the moment but with the way these changes went down I am pretty much already beginning to look around already.
I only used boosted feeds on a few feeds that barely anyone was subscribed to and used to take hours to update.
With the removal of my plan I'd have to trim feeds and deal with no boosts or up to the US$50 a year plan. I'll most likely choose neither.
I may have to look into TheOldReader again. Back after GR went bye bye it came down to InoReader and it for me. InoReader had better features for the price back then. Things may have changed now.
I can give you my 3 suggestions. As an RSS reader tester lol and a screen reader user. The Old Reader, if you use it in expanded view does use headings for navigation. https://theoldreader.com. However, expanded view is not always the most efficient way to go about things. The most efficient way is to just display a list of links in a list format, which can be nnavigated line-by-line, like Reddit. For that, you can try https://feediary.com which I've had stability issues with, or https://simplerssreader.com, which I like a lot!
It's not too late but your selection will be much more limited. Start looking immediately.
I used an rss reader and plugged my Kijiji and Craigslist searches in there so I didn't have to continuously refresh.
Also sign up for any housing Facebook groups as there are lots of posts in there.
Walking around in neighborhoods you want to live in is another (slower) option as some landlords still only put up a sign in the window.
I use the old reader:
Got a ton of things besides reddit I check using their feeds.
You can get your personal reddit feeds on this page: https://www.reddit.com/prefs/feeds/
I used to use Google Reader until they shut down, so then I migrated over to The Old Reader which has endeavored to continue functioning in the same fashion.
My goal being for the same RSS feed list to be available to me when I log in from any device. shrugs :3
Google Reader was originally a Labs project. It lasted for 8 years, but frankly RSS readers became a bit of a niche and Google wanted to focus on social media. If you need something like that there's always The Old Reader.
I assume you're wondering about RSS feeds?
RSS feeds allow you to keep track of updates to dozens of sites without manually checking each and every one. Basically its a (better) alternative to a youtube subscription. Instead of logging into youtube to see videos, you can log in to a RSS reader like The Old Reader or Feedly to check any youtube channels, webcomics, news stories, etc. you want to keep track of from a single page. I find it extremely useful.