Leaving aside why someone is still using RSS in 2023, this is a pretty good user signup strategy. Reddit does it, Instagram does it, probably plenty others. If you block people from viewing stuff without an account... they're gonna make an account.
Because it's superior technology for following posting/news to opening app and praying that algorithm will show me what I wanted? My feeds flow to me at 6:00, via rss2email, and get filtered into a IMAP folder and I can read them at my leisure. Online or offline, with whatever client I have handy.
> this is a pretty good user signup strategy
Nagging only works if I really, really want to see what you hide behind a login screen. For most of the posts on Twitter it won't be worth it.
What do you propose instead?
> Reddit does it, Instagram does it
One website known for its hilariously broken performance and a Facebook subsidiary. Nothing anyone should look up to.
At least for me - I leave. Or in the case of reddit, occasionally use old.reddit.com, which does not block without an account.
I got this article via my RSS client; it's the best way to consolidate everything I follow from YouTube videos to things that hit the front page on HN, all in one place.
Then I can browse through doing my morning coffee.
Gen Z? Or just not familiar with the technology? Protocols don't die just because the newer generation doesn't understand them.
Better question is: why not?
I doubt that Twitter is interesting enough for people who just want to view
- IG it's crapware and unusable with tons of propietary JS.