Subj : Re: New Years Resolution
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Mon Jan 23 2023 10:10:32

 pF>  Ad> But what I think I'd _like_ to do, is go back to some form of bloggin
 pF>  Ad> (possibly password restricted, as I'd prefer to avoid putting too muc
 pF>  Ad> into search engines), and offer an RSS feed for people.
 pF> 
 pF> Most reputable search crawlers respect a robots.txt file, don't they?

Good point. Probably also a good idea.

I'd possibly still end up with the password, but it'd have to be for different reasons.

 pF> I also like syndicating content from *my* site on other social
 pF> networks, so you ultimately own the content and the distribution.

That's one of the bigger things that appeals to me. If you post on Facebook, it's a struggle to get it off Facebook, and if instead you want to move to TikTok, you have to start over.

And that's only scratching at the surface of the problems brought about because of other people having other priorities when it comes to your content.

 pF> I just loaded up an RSS reader in Feed.ly, after my daily blog reading
 pF> tapered off in the age of Big Social, it's crept up again. I think any
 pF> CMS with an RSS feed and a robots.txt file would be a good start.

Interesting. I've wondered what people who do RSS reading have done.

For me, while my instance is currently broken, I've used Tiny Tiny RSS, because it's a self-hosted option. Yeah, me breaking it is a problem, but at least its being up or down is mostly because of whatever I do.

tt-rss.org, for those wondering.

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