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Life & fun · June 2, 2020

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Publish an RSS feed of your life

Hi everyone, I've been building a less bad way to share photos and videos out to friends and family: https://vzg.me The motivation is personal for me since... 1. I'm not comfortable using Facebook properties 2. Group SMS/email gets out of control with more than a few recipients 3. I don't want to convince my friends and family to download a new app or figure out shared albums So I created a system that lets my network subscribe to individual people in my family and get updates via email, SMS, or RSS at the frequency of their choosing (immediate, daily, or weekly). Subscribers…

Publish an RSS feed of your life launched on June 2, 2020 with 18 votes, #949 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Vzg.me is a platform for sharing photos and videos with friends and family without relying on social media or app downloads. Users can publish their updates as an RSS feed, and subscribers receive notifications via email, SMS, or RSS at their preferred frequency—immediate, daily, or weekly. Subscribers simply opt in like a newsletter, making it accessible for non-technical users.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi everyone, I've been building a less bad way to share photos and videos out to friends and family: https://vzg.me The motivation is personal for me since... 1. I'm not comfortable using Facebook properties 2. Group SMS/email gets out of control with more than a few recipients 3. I don't want to…

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