It stands for Really Social Sites, if I recall correctly. ;)
I built my own reader - as a part of my website package - but there are more. You are on HN so you probably know what an RSS reader is already, so no need to explain what it is, I suppose.
I follow around 1200 feeds/websites with it, mostly blogs I found on HN and I think are interesting. At first, big tech's social media sucked me back in every time. Reading blogs, essays and articles linked to from a boring UI didn't gave me the 'sugar rush' that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Youtube gave me. But over time - especially after Youtube started showing me some stupid chicken video on every row of my subscription videos - I started to rely more on the peaceful oasis that is my own RSS reader. With content from 'channels' that I choose. In essence, I use a white list, not a black list.
Long story short: it takes some time to get used to consuming content this way, but it is out there and it is possible.
Besides, the web is already social media. No need to put unnecessary middle men between me and the web.
It stands for Really Social Sites, if I recall correctly. ;)
I built my own reader - as a part of my website package - but there are more. You are on HN so you probably know what an RSS reader is already, so no need to explain what it is, I suppose.
I follow around 1200 feeds/websites with it, mostly blogs I found on HN and I think are interesting. At first, big tech's social media sucked me back in every time. Reading blogs, essays and articles linked to from a boring UI didn't gave me the 'sugar rush' that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Youtube gave me. But over time - especially after Youtube started showing me some stupid chicken video on every row of my subscription videos - I started to rely more on the peaceful oasis that is my own RSS reader. With content from 'channels' that I choose. In essence, I use a white list, not a black list.
Long story short: it takes some time to get used to consuming content this way, but it is out there and it is possible.
Besides, the web is already social media. No need to put unnecessary middle men between me and the web.