Can somebody explain RSS Feeds to me like I was 5? Yes I know I am late to the party as I saw somebody say they have used them for 20+ years. Thank you!
It’s just a way to subscribe directly to content sources rather than subscribing to a creator’s social media account or a subreddit or something. So if there’s a blog you like and you use your RSS reader to subscribe to that blog, any new posts will be fed directly to your reader. Obviously, the benefit then is that you have a central portal with a direct connection to all of your selected content sources.
@GhostCowboy76 Hope you’ll enjoy it! I have lots of feeds scattered around multiple feed readers that I used - from Opera (yes, it has an integrated RSS feed), to Feedly, to an extension in Firefox nowadays. Then settle to a feed reader, haha. I really got to clean my mess at some point. 😁
Can somebody explain RSS Feeds to me like I was 5? Yes I know I am late to the party as I saw somebody say they have used them for 20+ years. Thank you!
It’s just a way to subscribe directly to content sources rather than subscribing to a creator’s social media account or a subreddit or something. So if there’s a blog you like and you use your RSS reader to subscribe to that blog, any new posts will be fed directly to your reader. Obviously, the benefit then is that you have a central portal with a direct connection to all of your selected content sources.
Great explanation. Thank you! I guess I will have to give them a shot.
As a starter reader, I recommend feedly. It’s easy to use, and has a phone app as well.
Some extra tips, with RSS you can subscribe to YouTube channels, and twitter too (the last one you can grab the feeds from nitter).
@GhostCowboy76 Check this video:
♲ tilvids.com/videos/watch/a428d…
@petrescatraian Thank you for the video! I will give it a watch and go from them! I appreciate it.
@GhostCowboy76 you’re welcome! 😁
@tshannon
@petrescatraian I am setting up my NewsBlur right now and very excited, thanks again!
@GhostCowboy76 Hope you’ll enjoy it! I have lots of feeds scattered around multiple feed readers that I used - from Opera (yes, it has an integrated RSS feed), to Feedly, to an extension in Firefox nowadays. Then settle to a feed reader, haha. I really got to clean my mess at some point. 😁
@tshannon