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had to explain RSS to two fellow gen z-ers

me: its kind of like subscribing for updates on a website, before "following" was a thing.

them: oh, is that something new?

me: actually closed "following" on walled gardens, like twitter, kind of killed out a lot of RSS for our generation, but there are people who still use it and find it handy

them: wait, so i don't need to make an account?

me: no.
owl (moved to @owl@u8.is)
I send RSS to an email box so I can read it there, two chill things that are very chill together
Brie Mmm
I used to, now I just use Friendica to follow RSS.
jec&
Yeap, you can also follow Twitter and Instagram accounts through a Nitter or Bibliogram instance, respectively, which both provide RSS endpoints
The & System
as a gen-z-er the fact that rss doesnt require an account lowkey blows my mind even though i understand how it works. its a feeling that has gradually faded, but when i discovered it i didn't believe it was real
jec&
As a boomer, that's sad...
COD
I think you are the first other person I've ever run into online using Tbird for RSS. I've been doing it for years. It just works.
clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
Thunderbird was and remains my favorite RSS reader since the previous millennium.
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protodrew
RSS would be an insanely utopian concept if it didn't already exist
Mario Breskic
I think I remember some hacky way to follow a twitter feed sans account, maybe even with an rss feed? Making a note here for next weekend

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