zapzap@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoI Ditched the Algorithm for RSS - and You Should Toojoeyehand.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoProtip: Youtube channels have RSS feeds, they’re just buried in the source of the page. Ctrl-U and then Ctrl-F title=“RSS”
minus-squareNudeNewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoTIL. Gonna have to test this out my FreshRSS feed. Ty 🥰
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoYou can also just drop the youtube channel link (ex. https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips ) as well into most readers and it’ll sort it out for you, so you don’t even have to go digging.
minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI wrote my own rss reader for youtubue, so it does this digging for me when I paste in a channel link :)
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI guess to get actual value from these videos you will still need to visit youtube.com though, in the end giving them valuable data to analyze.
minus-squarekillingspark@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoYeah but the goal here is to escape the algorithm deciding what you consume
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agogood point, organic sharing is better than the addictive algorithm.
Protip: Youtube channels have RSS feeds, they’re just buried in the source of the page. Ctrl-U and then Ctrl-F title=“RSS”
TIL. Gonna have to test this out my FreshRSS feed. Ty 🥰
You can also just drop the youtube channel link (ex. https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips ) as well into most readers and it’ll sort it out for you, so you don’t even have to go digging.
I wrote my own rss reader for youtubue, so it does this digging for me when I paste in a channel link :)
I guess to get actual value from these videos you will still need to visit youtube.com though, in the end giving them valuable data to analyze.
Yeah but the goal here is to escape the algorithm deciding what you consume
good point, organic sharing is better than the addictive algorithm.