People seem to like #apps that do one thing well. #TikTok works because you open the app to get a bunch of videos. You have crossed a threshold into watching videos.

The opposite is true of videos on #Facebook. People don't go to Facebook for videos. They expect text. If you open #TikTok you likely have headphones (or a speaker) ready. Needing to play audio is often an annoyance when you expect to be reading or looking at photos.

#Podcasts might be the most successful use of #RSS because it is a specialized use. You open the app to listen to something. I think most people who use RSS still have specialized podcast apps rather than just one #RSSApp for everything.

So I think generalized RSS-apps have a problem because it ends up mixing a lot of different types of #Media into one app. This might also be a problem for the #Fediverse. I know that when I am on #Mastodon I don't really click on the videos people share on here.

Do we need a special RSS-app for every type of media? Maybe not. Maybe we can use tabs and folders instead.

Instead of crossing a threshold into videoland by opening a special app you could have a tab in your RSS-app that is dedicated to videos. You have a tab dedicated to shorter texts and a tab dedicated to longer articles. One tab might be dedicated to media which needs to opened in a different app.

Of course many apps already have folders but those are usually based on dividing sources, often manually, into categories. I am thinking more in the lines of an app that does the sorting by automatically sorting each item from feeds according to type.

I think such sorting might also be good for the Fediverse. I'd be more likely to watch videos people share if they were in a different tab than the rest. So when I was in the mood for watching videos I could just open the relevant tab in #Tusky to go through the stuff people have been sharing.

Maybe people would take #RSS more seriously if they understood that it is the basis of #podcasting.

The media in general and #creators specifically could spend a fraction of the time they take to "plug their socials" just explaining to people that RSS is a simple way to follow them.

I also think creators should free themselves from the dreaded algorithms by creating a feed that is updated whenever they release new content. I would argue that they should try to mirror as much of their content as possible on their own sites to control their own archive.

I think that a tool that helps creators aggregate their content across #Platforms would make a lot of difference. Then they can say "instead of following me on all those apps platforms you can just keep updated with rss".

It takes a lot of work to format videos for each #SocialMedia platform. You can't just upload your #YouTube video #TikTok but you can upload (or embed) all those videos to your own site which creates a feed that people can subscribe to with any #RSSApp.

#YouTubers #TikTokers #bloggers #blogs.

@jsit

@S0G #commafeed is my #rss reader of choice!

#rssfeed #rssreaders #rssforever #rssapp #RSSAggregator

I only check #Reddit once in a while and usually the interesting threads are stale and no one can read my amazingly thought-out takes on various topics[*].

So I decided to try using #RSS to follow stuff on Reddit. That actually works much better.

I am still trying to find the perfect #RSSApp. I am planning on writing about what I feel is missing from the ones I am testing. Thoughts?

[* When I sound like I am flattering myself, I am usually mocking myself.]