The Old Reader Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds

  I haven't used it in a while but https://theoldreader.com/ seemed like a fairly drop-in replacement for Google Reader. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• RSS is still pretty great

  Https://theoldreader.com/ Just toss in a site you like, it'll (try to) find the RSS feed, and you're done. I have about 50 sites added in the old reader, and it makes following them easy. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• The future of /r/videos.

  Perhaps. I fired up my ancient Old Reader account last night and started adding some feeds I'm interested in. Pretty hilarious looking back at the ones I had like 10 years ago (99% of were dead). Source: 11 months ago

• NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

  Https://theoldreader.com is an exact clone. Source: about 1 year ago

• Canberra events RSS feed?

  Blurgh. Sorry, I didn't try it out, just saw that it looked something like RSS. The other problem with RSS is people don't make sure it is still working on their sites :) Maybe there is a reader that can filter to only show the what's on entries from the main feed? You could definitely do it with a bash script or similar. I just use https://theoldreader.com in a very simple way. There might be a more powerful... Source: about 1 year ago

• Sorta-meta: how do you keep track of OSR and RPG blogs?

  I use TheOldReader, which is a clone of Google Reader. A free account allows you to follow quite a lot of feeds, and the subscription levels if you need more are quite cheap. Source: about 1 year ago

• This blog explores structuring your TTRPG prep by utilising 'the three clue rule', it really opened my eyes to the different ways that a game could be designed outside of 'encounter based design.'

  Theoldreader.com is a decent clone of Google Reader, I think the free plan is up to 100 feeds... Source: about 1 year ago

• Blog readers that work?

  I use The Old Reader which is as close to Google Reader as possible. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What RSS Reader do you use in 2022?

  I'm using https://theoldreader.com/. It is very similar to the discontinued Google Reader. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• The year of the RSS reader (really)

  I like The Old Reader: https://theoldreader.com/ It's largely a reimplementation of the Google Reader experience. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• What caused you to unsubscribe from your former favorite YouTuber?

  I use RSS to subscribe to YouTube channels. I recommend https://theoldreader.com as a feed reader. Source: over 1 year ago

• Rss reader that is simple and clean?

  Theoldreader.com for on-your-pc-or-mac reading. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What Happened to Hacker News RSS

  I'm subscribed to HN hnrss.org/newest?points=100 via The Old Reader[1] but today I stopped receiving the newest articles. I tried to manually refresh the feed via the refresh button but again no new articles. I tried to subscribe via Feedly[2] to rule out a problem with The Old Reader but there also the latest articles are a day old. I tried without points constraint with the hnrss.org/newest URL in both readers... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Richmond.com and other local RSS news feeds

  Https://theoldreader.com/ is pretty great. I think there's still a free version with 100 subs. Source: over 1 year ago

• How do you keep up-to-date with latest research in your field?

  I use The Old Reader as an RSS agglomerator. That way I can subscribe to tons of different journals and subgroups of arxiv all in one place and from multiple different fields. It is a quick way to see keep track of what's published in those journals without cluttering up email. Each day (ideally) I march through the titles published that day and sort for future or current use. Source: over 1 year ago

• So over social media, what are your favorite blogs to read?

  I use https://theoldreader.com/ which functions a lot like Google Reader. There's a free tier that lets you subscribe to about 100 feeds before you run into the paid tier requirement. Source: over 1 year ago

• How to get Mint Mobile ads to stop showing up on YouTube?

  I subscribe to YouTube channels through an RSS feed reader, http://theoldreader.com . Because the videos are embedded, I don't get ads, even on mobile. Suggested videos will open YouTube, and it's not like you can search videos. But 95% of my YouTube usage goes through the RSS reader. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Google CEO tells employees productivity and focus must improve, launches ‘Simplicity Sprint’ to gather employee feedback on efficiency

  By the way, the old reader is a decent RSS reader with a similar style to what Google Reader use to be. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Goodbye, Feedly

  Https://theoldreader.com/ is still the best thing after Google Reader. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Off-Topic Discussion, Thursday Jun 09

  I use the Old Reader because I too miss Google Reader every day. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Show HN: We launched a new web browser

  It's surprising that nobody mentions theoldreader: https://theoldreader.com/ it's kinda like the old google rss reader and works really really well! - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago