How do you read stuff on the internet?
Do you guys use a reader to keep up with all the content you consume on the internet (videos, articles, news, product launches, social networks, etc)? Or do you just open the same bunch of tabs every morning?
There once was Google Reader, and now there's Feedly, Feeder, Newsblur, Inoreader and many more. Have you tried any of these? What did you find good and bad about them?
I'm currently building a reader myself since I didn't find any of the above fit my needs, but it's still a work in progress.
I use feedly and pocket. Both answer my needs: reading what is potentially interesting.
What if you could have a 2-in-1 app with both? That would be a reader with a 'read later' section and browser extensions to save articles there.
What's one thing you think Feedly is missing that would make the experience much better for you?
I don't miss anything with Feedly.
I think both app have a different purpose. With Feedly, I just have new articles from my favorite websites / blogs. With Pocket, I save the important stuff I want to absolutely read. For my own use, I don't see any advantage to mix both.
The app I use maybe 65% of the time is [Pocket] ( https://getpocket.com). It's basically a content curator and recommender, based on the articles you save. It used to be known as ReadItLater. I stopped using my other news readers like Feed.ly and Flipboard after using Pocket.
Yes! I absolutely love Pocket. Although I liked the old style better where it was all displayed in a list rather than in bigger cards grid-style.
What's the one thing you'd change or add to Pocket if you could?
Pocket is pretty good as it is for me. Can't really think of anything I'd change or improve, honestly. I'm thinking about upgrading to a premium subscription to try out the additional features.
It's pretty much just here and Reddit. I like to let others find content for me :)
Cool, I wish I only followed two sites... but no... I've got a bunch of youtube channels, a bunch of forums, local and worldwide news sites, tech stuff, hackernews, podcasts and a bunch of other sources. And back then I used to just randomly browse all of this and have everything scattered around.
What do you mean that you let others find content for you?
Well because both IH and Reddit allow you to share links and vote. I basically just look at my home feed and get linked to all sorts of different sites, but I only have to follow Reddit and IH.
I do have some channels I subscribe to on YouTube as well but that's more for my hobbies, and I watch them on the weekends.
What about subreddits, don't you end up opening a bunch of tabs? Or does Reddit offer some aggregation or home page with all your subs?
I find myself looking at multiple different sites thru-out the day, more or less at random. Depending on my needs or mood. No system to that. I also do not use any aggregators, but I you ask me why - I wouldnt know.
Hm, interesting. And what about YouTube, do you follow any channels using their subscriptions feature? Or do you just get into the home page recommendations?
Also, how much time do you usually spend browsing with no specific objetive? Could you maybe be a bit more productive if you had all your sources in one place and no distracting recommendations?
I follow couple of YouTube channels and watch them while cooking/eating. Homepage recommendations are usually garbage... I don't spend much time reading/browsing online (maybe 30 min a day total). No specific objective: either to relax or to learn something interesting in the fields of my interest (usually while waiting something).
Cool, thanks for the feedback Alex.
I envy you for the fact that you only spend 30 mins a day reading/browsing online. I usually end up spending around 1 or 2 hours with no clear objective just wondering around stuff. It's useful sometimes because I find interesting stuff or things outside of my usual likes & categories but still, it's a bit unproductive at times.
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Is there any particular reason for why you haven't tried any news aggregator/reader yet?
You could maybe have all your favorite blogs, YouTube channels AND podcasts all in one place instead of having them in three different ones. While also adding the latest Hacker News articles.
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First and foremost, it has a companion extension to save links to a read-later section inside the reader. Which is really useful when you find something you want to read but don't have the time to do so at the moment. It's basically like Pocket or like browser bookmarks, but right inside the reader.
Well, and not to mention it's totally adaptable to my needs since I've coded it and I can add features as I think fit; but that's mainly benefitial to me. Although, being a small reader maintained by one person it's easy to have your voice as a user heard and recommend improvements.
Apart from that, I aim to make it simple and intuitive to use, with a really clean interface and also offer as much customization as I can; i.e. whether to show images in feed items or not, show extracts/descriptions or not, and so on.
I'm also thinking on differentiating the pricing by making it a one-time payment instead of a monthly or yearly subscription. What do you think?
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Thanks for the feedback!
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The newsletter subscription is a brilliant idea!
What's something bad or some issue you've encountered while using Feedbin? Or something you'd like it to have that currently doesn't have?