Thread by @doctorow

#RSS is one of the last truly open standards on the web, a system designed for decentralization and federation. @genmon has been musing for months about how it can be used to redecentralize our web. Here he is on using it to replace Goodreads:

pluralistic.net/2020/04/16/new…

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Webb has identified a key problem with RSS: "If you don’t know what RSS is, it’s really hard to start using it. This is because, unlike a social media platform, nobody owns it. It’s nobody’s job to explain it."

interconnected.org/home/2020/08/1…

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So Webb created Aboutfeeds, a single-serving, one-page website that explains RSS to people unfamiliar with the idea, ready to be linked to from your own site to get your readers up to speed.

aboutfeeds.com

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It's got three sections, each a couple of paras long:

I. What is a feed?

II. How do I get a newsreader app?

III. How do I use my new newsreader app to subscribe to a feed?

[[chef's kiss glyph]]

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