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      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;what-is-rss&#34;&gt;What is RSS?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Originally, RSS stood for &amp;ldquo;RDF/Rich Site Summary&amp;rdquo; but was later changed to &amp;ldquo;Really Simple Syndication&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSS is a way to subscribe to a website.
Whenever that website updates it writes its changes to a &lt;code&gt;XML&lt;/code&gt; file.
You can then read this XML file and see what changed at a glance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many websites use RSS including YouTube, &lt;del&gt;Reddit&lt;/del&gt; Lemmy, &lt;del&gt;Twitter&lt;/del&gt; Mastodon, most news sites, and almost any blog out there.
For many blogs, RSS is the main way to distribute new posts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSS is experiencing a Renaissance at the moment:
Many people are now seeing the damages done by algorithmic feeds and want to go back to purely chronological feeds.
RSS provides a perfect infrastructure for this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-to-read-rss&#34;&gt;How to read RSS?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First, you need a feed reader. On macOS and iOS I highly recommend &lt;a href=&#34;https://netnewswire.com&#34;&gt;NetNewsWire&lt;/a&gt;.
For terminal fans &lt;a href=&#34;https://newsboat.org&#34;&gt;Newsboat&lt;/a&gt; is the way to go.
&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.thunderbird.net/&#34;&gt;Thunderbird&lt;/a&gt; is also a good choice but there are tons of programs that can read RSS feeds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s bascially it. Now you need to add some feeds and you are ready.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I recommend picking a reader that can also fetch the article without opening the browser and loading a ton of ads.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pro tip: You can export your subscibtions to a &lt;code&gt;OPML&lt;/code&gt; file and import them into any RSS reader.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-to-distribute-rss&#34;&gt;How to distribute RSS?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the hardest question to answer about RSS as there are endless possibilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The easiest way would probably be to use a service such as Mastodon that generates the feed automatically.
If that platform isn&amp;rsquo;t for you, WordPress is a good way to host a blog.
I read about people setting up their own scripts that automatically update the feed for new posts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&#34;https://gohugo.io&#34;&gt;Hugo&lt;/a&gt; which is a &lt;em&gt;static site generator&lt;/em&gt;.
It generates feeds automatically but lies somewhere between WordPress and writing your own scripts in terms of how tech savvy you should be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-to-find-rss&#34;&gt;How to find RSS?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Go to a website you like, copy the URL and paste it into your RSS reader.
Modern feed readers can find RSS feed on their own, you just have to provide a link to the site you want to subscribe to.
If that is not the case, you could try adding &lt;code&gt;/index.xml&lt;/code&gt; to the URL.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some sites, like this one, also link to their RSS feeds.
Often those links are a the bottom of the website and are either marked as &lt;code&gt;RSS&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Feed&lt;/code&gt;, or just use the RSS logo.
I additionally provide links to my subprojects such as my &lt;a href=&#34;https://jankremer.eu/micro&#34;&gt;microblog&lt;/a&gt; or my &lt;a href=&#34;https://jankremer.eu/fotos&#34;&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt;.
Feel free to add them to your reader.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;conclusion&#34;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think RSS is on the rise.
It&amp;rsquo;s an old protocol that survived numerous challenges
It provides an escape from the algorithms and large social media companies.
It also provides a way for content creators to distribute their content on their own without any middleman.&lt;/p&gt;
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