Uh Oh, I Think My RSS Service May Be in Trouble

Feedbin has been at the heart of my RSS usage I think basically since Google Reader went away. I know I settled on it quickly. But it has repeatedly silently failed to fetch a specific blog I follow, and when I use the feature to autocorrect to the new field, it deletes the subscription. I have to manually remember to re-add it every month.

The person who runs this blog will not want to hear this from me– I know it will be deeply upsetting to them. It’s totally unfair and I don’t want to cause them that distress. But also… although I am only certain it’s happening with this feed because I care enough about it to keep up with it, I’m pretty sure they’re not doing anything wrong and this is a Feedbin bug. And it’s kind of rocking my faith in Feedbin.

I use Reeder Classic ¹, so my experience won’t change much if I leave Feedbin (though that email newsletter feature is so great and will be a pain to migrate). Still, I’m pretty wary of using anything else. Feedbin is well-regarded for a reason, including by me, and I really thought it was rock solid and exactly what I want for so long.

This is deeply concerning stuff for me. RSS is basically how I’ve experienced the web since like 2004.