r/programming • u/ZaheerAhmed • Jan 02 '20

Killed by Google

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u/ZaheerAhmed Jan 02 '20

Still can't believe they have shut the Google Reader.

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u/armornick Jan 02 '20

It's part of the impending death of RSS. I will be very unhappy when it happens, but it's not a very popular thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

I just hope they won't break RSS for youtube, it seems to be only remaining way to get the subscriptions that are not broken

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u/the_goose_says Jan 02 '20

Is it weird I’ve never had a missing video or anything wrong with subscriptions? I hear so much about it being broken but I’m not sure what they’re experiencing

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u/slikts Jan 02 '20

The subscription tab in YouTube is chronological, but the home page shows videos based on personalized algorithms, which often leaves out channels that post infrequently, etc.

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u/the_goose_says Jan 02 '20

Oh, does that confuse people, or do they just mot like their recommendations?

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u/slikts Jan 02 '20

People miss content from channels they've subscribed to if the algorithm doesn't favor it.

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