RSS.Social
Ranked 6 of 11 blog directories by recommenders
Recommended for surfacing articles from small personal websites in one stream, which people say helps them find new writers. Critics note the site's own RSS feed link was missing.
Recommended for surfacing articles from small personal websites in one stream, which people say helps them find new writers. Critics note the site's own RSS feed link was missing.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 74%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Surfaces content from small personal websites
“sampling from small personal websites is a great way to discover new people to follow”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “stuff that makes it easier to find small, independent content is great!”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “It's nice to have a lot of small web content laid out like this!”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” - Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “The evolution of effective altruism”
Praised as a good RSS concept
“I like the concept of RSS.Social but the author forgot to create a RSS feed link for RSS.Social it's self.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “I like it the concept of RSS.Social but one thing that someone forgot was the RSS feed link”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “Love this! RSS is alive and well!”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” - Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web”
- Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web”
Seen as a source for new reading
“could be an interesting answer to "what sites are like Hacker News but with more diverse topics"”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “this is the source I was looking for”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Missing or broken RSS feed link
“I like the concept of RSS.Social but the author forgot to create a RSS feed link for RSS.Social it's self.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “I like it the concept of RSS.Social but one thing that someone forgot was the RSS feed link”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “Link for rss.social is broken”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web”
Other blog directories people recommend
The four most recommended other blog directories, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagi Small Web | 46 | 30 | 61% | 9 | — | — |
| Wander small web explorer | 31 | 3 | 91% | 7 | 1 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Ooh.directory | 26 | 5 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Personal blog frontpage | 21 | 1 | 95% | 2 | — | — |
| RSS.SocialThis page | 14 | 5 | 74% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“has been a godsend for finding random articles of interesting content”
“it polls my site much more frequently then it needs to”
“Link for rss.social is broken”
“objectively inconvenient to use”
“It would be a full time job to read all the posts from this stream”
“I like the concept of RSS.Social but the author forgot to create a RSS feed link for RSS.Social it's self.”
“I like it the concept of RSS.Social but one thing that someone forgot was the RSS feed link”
“It is also the first thing open in my browser every morning.”
“I think the idea is great”
“That's still kind of contrary to the spirit of RSS because you are centralizing.”
“this is the source I was looking for”
“could be an interesting answer to "what sites are like Hacker News but with more diverse topics"”
“stuff that makes it easier to find small, independent content is great!”
“Nice to see someone's made it.”
“Great! And funny too, just posted about my personal take on the same topic”
“Love this! RSS is alive and well!”
“sampling from small personal websites is a great way to discover new people to follow”
“It's nice to have a lot of small web content laid out like this!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.