I’ve been using Feeder to keep up with the news for awhile now. For a long time, I just checked AllSides.
But then I found out NPR in my state supports RSS, my local news org supports RSS, and YouTube even supports RSS!
One outlet I really like is GovTrack.us, and they did not support RSS – so I emailed them about it, and they added support.
Feeder’s news website wasn’t working with the Feeder app, so I emailed them and they fixed it.
I learned my State Senator’s website supports RSS, but my state’s GOP website does not – so I emailed the GOP asking for RSS. We’ll see.
I emailed Ubisoft/Nadeo asking for RSS support on the Trackmania news website. They replied that they’ll send the suggestion to dev team. We’ll see.
I spoke at my Library’s Board meeting last night asking for RSS support on their website. Seemed well-received. We’ll see.
Substack supports RSS. Jurist.org supports RSS. Justia’s supreme court summaries support RSS (I used to read those, but I don’t any more). Blogger supports RSS.
So yeah – If you are interested in an organization’s updates, then get a feed reader app, and subscribe to their feed on their website. If they don’t have a feed, just ask them to add one!
You’ll be surprised how nice it is to keep up with things you actually care about in a way that you’re completely in control of, without bloat, without ads, without algorithms.
Please advocate for more RSS support – especially with orgs you want to stay up-to-date with. This can be video game news websites, government organizations, political news websites, entertainment platforms, blogs, or whatever.
