On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:49 AM Berend De Schouwer <berend.de.schouwer@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 2018-10-22 at 20:14 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 10/22/18 5:27 PM, SternData wrote:
>
> > I'm OK with a web forum as long as it has an RSS feed.
>
> You might not be aware about it, but RSS is effectivly dead, IIRC,
> because major browsers soon will drop supporting RSS or already
> dropped it.

I've used rss for years, and still do.

I've never needed nor wanted browser support to do it, but extensions
do exist, and they do work.

Do you go to 100 news sites every day, or one rss reader?
Do you go to 100 forums every day, or one mail client?

People have been writing obituaries for RSS ever since Google discontinued Reader. There are plenty

of click-bait stories about it - just do a search. I agree that the fact that browsers are discontinuing support

is no big deal... the feature within the browsers wasn't used by many people because you get a much

better experience using a specialized client or website: https://fossbytes.com/best-rss-reader-apps/

Discourse has very good RSS support and I've been testing the feeds for several weeks now. That feature

works quite well - and keeps you from cluttering your inbox with postings - while still providing the content

and a simply way to respond.