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0 pointsJames_K1y ago0 comments

I'm not simply saying that discovery is out of scope, but that it's an actively harmful feature. The computer has no good metric to judge what is shown to you. I think the old ways are much better, that is you hear about something if a human decides to share it with you. This process seems impossible to automate and the effects of trying have been very detrimental.

That said, the web has already developed a solution to this issue. It's basically just indexing. It's a very valuable technology, hence why Google got so much money from doing it.

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remram1y ago

I don't want it automated, I want the tool to help. I don't need it to pick feeds and follow them, but being able to lists what other feeds are splitting off of feeds I already follow, or find the feeds being reposted to me, ... would be helpful. This can be built on OPML, this can be built on RSS, but your notion that we already have everything we need does not resonate with me.

You don't have to get all defensive about RSS, I think it's fantastic technology, but it is missing a few key components to be a replacement for social media in a meaningful sense. I know you know this, because you are here on a social media site right now instead of reading OP's feed. Whereas I don't want to ever leave my reader and instead consume news and recommendations and comments from my friends (of friends) right from there, instead of using gameable/botable centralized platforms with topics and moderators I don't control or trust.

My vision is not clear I know, I hope I can find time to prototype (or at least spec out) what I mean some time soon.

James_KOP1y ago

The key thing any social media platform needs is users. I know very few people who have an RSS feed and none of them use it to repost content.

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