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RSS is a secret trick to making the internet more usable. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/hate…

Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For

Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it.
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Sean
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I wonder how well RSS would hold up given widespread abuse by automated scrapers.
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Kim
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Kim
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#RSS
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Sean Heber
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if you're on iOS and looking for a good app for RSS: tapestry.iconfactory.com

Tapestry

Weaving your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.
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Lars Windolf
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Would be great if you link your blog RSS feed in your main page (with <link rel="alternate"> tag) so easy feed auto discovery is possible.
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OddOpinions5
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Over the last 20 years, I have read over and over, how great this RSS thing is

so every 5 years I try to install some software

and it has NEVER WORKED FOR ME THE AVERAGE USER
NEVER

so what you mean't to say is that RSS is the secret trick available only to nerds to make the internet more usable

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blobbington
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must be ironic that your own RSS feed hasn’t worked in a long time. NetNewsWire and Lire both can’t catch it even from the direct link you provide lmao
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Michael Vilain
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Sadly, fewer and fewer sites are implementing a RSS feed. I suspect this is because it allows people to bypass ads. For me, it just means I only visit a site occasionally to poke around then leave.
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Drew is still tired 🇵🇭
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Drew is still tired 🇵🇭
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Too many news sites now refuse to publish an RSS feed. It's becoming less and less useful as an aggregator.
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Patrizl001
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It's great. RSSHub's twitter support lets me still follow my fav artists without ever having to use that trashpile of a site.
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Rafael Pérez ☀️
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Anyone know of any good #RSS clients for #Android? I've searched the store a few times and everything I've found so far is kinda crappy.
#RSS #android
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Eboni.ai 👩🏾‍💻
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I switched to RSS several years after the shittification of Google News and haven’t looked back.

There’s just something about having a curated list of news sources, created by me for me.

Unfortunately, I’ve noticed a few sites from my list dropping RSS support over the years. ☹️

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