I’m tired of compromising on social media. I want clean signal without the constant noise and manipulation.
RSS already solves most of the problem. It gives full control, no algorithms, and real ownership over what you see. Personal site galleries beat Facebook and Instagram. Reddit and forums like Stack Overflow work well and don’t need replacing. GitHub and YouTube have earned their place — only big companies can run that kind of global infrastructure. Even YouTube can be followed cleanly through RSS.
The only real gap left is the live town square — that real-time social layer for discovery and conversation. Bluesky and Mastodon are steps forward, but they still push too much unwanted content.
OmiRSS is my light layer on top of RSS to fill that gap. It’s built around two simple ideas: reposting and vouching. Inspired by Mitchell Hashimoto, vouching means if someone you trust vouches for another person, their content can gently appear in an optional discovery feed. Trust spreads through your network instead of algorithms chasing engagement.
It will include a RSSHub and Full-Text RSS system built-in, so one clean tool can handle everything. I’m still deciding on commenting and direct messaging. Both could be useful, but I want to keep the experience calm and low-noise. At its core, OmiRSS is about protecting signal and building discovery based on real trust.