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RSS—short for Really Simple Syndication—is an XML-based content syndication format, designed to share content across different platforms. In plain English, RSS is a machine-readable file telling a reader program the list of content entries (posts, podcast episodes, etc.) from a certain site. It’s kind of like the role of “follow” or “subscribe” in modern social media, but in an open and decentralized manner.

People keep saying RSS is dead or is dying. Not really. I mean, yep, RSS/Atom usage is declining, largely thanks to all sorts of social media domination and Google killing Google Reader in the struggle of making their own social media. Still, it’s an oasis in this age of information overload, algorithmic attention grabbing, and deliberate walled-gardenization.

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