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Is it hard to give up your niche reddit communities? I may have a solution. Kind of. (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by cih@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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So, this isn't meant to be a "guide" or anything but I thought it could be helpful to some.

Find yourself an RSS feed reader (e.g. Feedbin).
Grab your subreddit link. (Example: reddit.com/r/museum)
Add .rss to the end of that link. (Example: reddit.com/r/museum.rss)
Add your subreddit RSS feeds to your feed reader.

This way, you can keep reading reddit without having to visit it. You will still need an account to participate, of course.

But I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to participate and keep feeding reddit content for free?"

You are what makes reddit what it is. If you can be yourself elsewhere, why waste your precious time on reddit?

You deserve better.

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[–] xDDxxDDx@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was wondering, about your suggestion (and please, keep in mind I am not that intelligent when it comes to technology): when I access all the posts via my RSS reader, doesn't this still count as some kind of "visit" to Reddit's site? Shouldn't we just try to stay away from it as long and as good as possible?

[–] cih@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes and no. Your RSS reader downloads it for you, you just view it. reddit no longer gets your "visit". You no longer see ads, either.

[–] xDDxxDDx@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for explaining. Now I get it. I am new to RSS readers, but I love having all the info in one place so this has gotta be a really good solution!

[–] cih@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You are welcome! RSS is a wonderful thing. It was all we had before the rise of centralised web. 🫠

[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

As a podcast lover, you'll have to take RSS from my cold, dead hands.

If a show is only available in a walled garden, and not via RSS as a whole, then it's not a podcast, it's a show.

[–] xDDxxDDx@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Never thought of that hahaha. Especially the no-ads-thing is fascinating to me. Seeing all the info you need in one place, that’s pure luxury hahaha