RSS never tracked you

@Daojoan
It was respectful. That is what we traded.

@Daojoan

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I wonder — when will we see a new kind of Internet?

One where the citizens control the servers, free from GAFAM and global powers, built to ensure open sharing for society and our democracies — even if it's imperfect.

@lunareclipse@snug.moe @mitsunee@ieji.de @Daojoan@mastodon.social that matches what i remember, and would indeed be about 15 years ago

@Daojoan@mastodon.social we were clearly not using the same internet as each other.

@martinlentink @peteramthor @Daojoan
Usenet was my first love.
I started with a First Class client. Oh, suddenly got reminded of the period PowWow existed.

@Daojoan

… except for Google mail…

@Daojoan @dado I still use RSS, and you can pry it from my cold, dead, hands!

@Daojoan Email throttles you all the time.

@Daojoan well not exactly with email like they sometimes get held back for stupid reasons but otherwise i get you

@scottwhat @Daojoan Vivaldi is a major browser with built-in RSS. I really prefer a standalone RSS reader that is configurable. (On Linux) But If you consider the only major browsers Chrome or Mozilla, then you are out if luck. I depend heavily on RSS and will as long as it's an option.

@wpeckham @Daojoan Interesting, thanks! I'm currently using Feeder for RSS, and I will also use RSS as long as it's an option!

@sorenladegaard @Daojoan

https://abemassry.com/rss

https://www.ireadthisweek.com/author/ireadthisweek/rss

I built this whole blogging engine based on a return to the simpler web. No javascript, RSS feeds with every blog.

Then HN turned evil and the whole site didn’t go anywhere, the email stopped working, everything just fell apart, I couldn’t bring myself to pick the pieces back up

@Daojoan We are all exploited and supplicants in the age of techno-feudalism.

@Daojoan Today RSS is actually tracking you...

@Daojoan True. And this is what happened: https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths

@Daojoan You forgot one point : that old web never disapparead, it was just hidden below the "web 2" adds, but it exists, it works, and it's still better.

@Daojoan Oh, thanks I needed to check an RSS !

@Daojoan I first came on Internet in my youth when, in France, the famous Skyblogs were declining and seen as "has been".

For years, I thought it was not worth having a blog: what could I say on there to keep readers engaged?

Well, when I finally set up my blog, I decided I wouldn't care about readers' engagement. Heck, I don't even have analytics (well I do, but I have to skim through Nginx's logs). I write what I feel like writing about, when I feel like writing.

Truly liberating.

@Daojoan Just wanted to boost this. Did already weeks ago.

@Daojoan feel it. I‘m on TikTok / Shorts / Reels Detox right now. Start to feel a lot better. That short vid stuff is exhausting long term.