=Why I think RSS is based=

So if been alive not long enough, you might see those wifi
looking things in an orange square. That's RSS.

That's right folks, we're talking about RSS feeds.

Here's a brief summary of RSS: RSS was created in 1999 after
failed attempts for web syndication back then. At first it didn't
get much traction, but when the new millennium turned, RSS started
gaining traction. Famous outlets and websites started RSS feeds,
that icon was everywhere you looked.

The format became more prevalent in around 2005 to 2007. Every
website and blogs have RSS feeds as a way to deliver content to
people. As YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms
became prevalent, the art of RSS became obscured.

Now, talking about RSS in this day and age was like talking
about what happened to the dinosaurs, but unlike dinosaurs,
they still exists, just hidden like Luigi.

You can still access RSS feeds today, for example this website
or TechCrunch or GMA News. Heck The New York Times still have
RSS feeds.

Now you might say, why do you talk about RSS feeds, where you
can access content in Twitter? Well, simply, it's much better.

Yes, it does have a disadvantage of having a separate RSS reader
but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. First up, you
can read stuff without ads floating around or soul being sold to
Google and Meta. For example, I can still access Twitter feeds
without the harassment. I also read a news article without the 90%
of Javascript. Heck it's basically better to distribute podcasts
here than waiting it for release in Spotify.

RSS is just better than looking for Twitter about blog posts
and such.  You can add your favorite websites to a RSS reader.

If you find scrolling into Twitter, looking for a new blog post
and don't want to bother with Javascript, you can access it
by going to a RSS feed, unless if the author doesn't maintain
it anymore.

Accessing RSS feeds will also help people with a slow connection
as they can also access content without the hassle of loading
a full Javascript site and waiting for minutes.

You could also access podcasts too in RSS feeds! This format is
too versatile for accessing content to the masses, although I'm
not sure about how to access it in this day and age of social
media and surveillance capitalism.

I honestly recommend using it because it's a good way to access
content from your favorite websites. Now, you might ask, "How
about looking at my favorite celebrity's Twitter feed? How about
YouTube videos?", well it's simple, take a look:

If you want to access Twitter feeds via RSS, you can use
https://nitter.net/username/rss.

For example, you want to access content from your favorite
WordPress website, you can do it by adding /feed in the end of
the website URL.

If you want checking out your favorite subreddit, you can use
https://reddit.com/r/subreddit/rss.xml

For people who want to see the latest Scott the
Woz episode or a new video on YouTube, you can use
https://youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=channel_id. You
must use the channel ID of the channel itself. Searx for a
channel ID grabber so you can add it.

You might ask how to do it, it's pretty simple actually. You
need some basic understanding about HTML text formatting and
XML. You can get a generator but I recommend making it yourself.

As for reading feeds, you can use Newsboat for Linux. This RSS
reader is based on vim (based text editor) and can access feeds
easily without the hassle of installing a window manager.

As for alternative to RSS, well there's Atom. Atom and RSS are
somehow related because they both use XML but they are different
platforms.

I might add an Atom feed soon so expect to see it later. See you!