It is at this point that the most organized people in late capitalism will rise up about a very small matter and demand something better: An RSS for the people, open source, easily used, and not some weird niche version for podcasts or that uses AI. Left without a better way to quickly zoom in and zoom out on the state of the universe (also known as the world according to Twitter), I predict those people will reach a point of frustration in even their ability to manage email. The difference, going into 2023, is that even the Inbox Zero people are going to have a reason to complain. But the appetite wasn’t strong enough yet. Two years ago, Sara Watson boldly predicted in this space that we might see a return of the RSS reader, or something like it, recognizing that the world of constant email newsletters was simply impossible to maintain. With using Twitter becoming increasingly like smoking - a habit you can’t quit but know you should - there’s a chance that a better RSS reader will finally, finally take hold and scale.
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