by NieDzejkob on 6/9/21, 9:42 PM with 1 comments
I can think of four potential ways to do this, and none are without downsides:
- RSS or Atom: high setup cost for user due to no builtin support in browsers.
- Web Push notifications: at least in Firefox, push notifications only appear for a few seconds and then seem to disappear forever, making it likely that the user will miss the notification. Also requires custom software on the server-side — I'd be curious to know if there is anything ready-made for this.
- Mailing lists: potential concerns about spam — there is no secure way of unsubscribing.
- Relying on a platform, such as Twitter and Mastodon: low specificity. Potentially off-putting due to off-topic or low-effort tweets.
Am I missing something? This seems like an obviously desirable feature, and yet there's no obvious solution. What's your opinion on this problem?
by marbu on 6/9/21, 9:58 PM