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[โ€“] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I'm still on the fence about that...I think it'd make more sense for many to drop social media and opt for their own site with RSS feeds. A lot of social media for some is little more than a noisier RSS reader. Sometimes even literally with those with auto-playing videos. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[โ€“] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As a counterexample to this comment, if any of my creators switched over to an RSS feed I probably would stop getting updates from them because that's more hassle than when I can just go to one service and see everything in one place

[โ€“] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What you describe is basically the flipside of what happened to RSS folks, so I know what you mean. It sucks to stop getting updates the way you're used to, and more hassle making the transitions to whatever the different method is.

It's basically the reason Twitter/X still has anyone there, except they have higher switching costs compared to an open following format.

Honestly I take the compromise approach where I can, which is social media that still generates RSS, like Bluesky/Mastodon/etc. and use that to avoid making additional accounts.

[โ€“] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yea I think that's a good compromise, I want creators to go on Bsky so its all in one place... (and I can escape the Political and ad succumbed hell that is X), RSS would be an interesting route but like, it would need a feed for every creator wouldn't it? unless the social media platform allows it built-in like BSky does

RSS would be an interesting route but like, it would need a feed for every creator wouldnโ€™t it? unless the social media platform allows it built-in like BSky does

If I understand ya right yeah, with BSky/Mastodon you pull the individual feeds for each account if you go that route (or maybe someone has an .opml file of several already grouped by topic to import). To me it's no worse than having to individually follow them on-platform, but I know I'm atypical in that respect

Once ya have'em it's all in one feed in your reader so not too different than the following feed

[โ€“] ryder9@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Y'all are delulu/out of touch with normal people if you think they're gonna set up an RSS feed

Nah, I get that normal people wouldn't, but I can dream. It's so much better than making Yet Another Account. Plus I know in set up we're talkin' people pulling the feed into a reader, but also for content creators making sites, loads of sitebuilding software already has RSS baked in, so it's not even that big an ask from them.

If there's another more convenient no-sign-up method of keeping up with sites and stuff online, I'd love to know, 'cause I know many aren't about to use RSS.

[โ€“] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But how would the bots reply? That's what generates foot traffic, which is what brings ads, which is what is not enough to pay for the bills!

Perfect business model, I had a VC review it and got high marks

[โ€“] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

RSS is kinda a pain to set up though, not everyone wants to go through that.

[โ€“] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It can be, yeah. However, similar may be said of responsible social media setup.

[โ€“] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Once again, Lemmy vastly overestimates how much hassle people will put up with as far as technology is concerned.

[โ€“] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They should know they have options at least. Then they can make the decision for themselves.