RSS is making a comeback

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THE MODERN WEB contains no shortage of horrors, from ubiquitous ad trackers to all-consuming platforms to YouTube comments, generally. Unfortunately, there’s no panacea for what ails this internet we’ve built. But anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you see online at least has a respite, one that’s been there all along but has often gone ignored. Tired of Twitter? Facebook fatigued? It’s time to head back to RSS.

Source: RSS Readers Are Due for a Comeback: Feedly, The Old Reader, Inoreader | WIRED

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]SS is one of the most useful technologies that I use. Without RSS, it would be a lot more time consuming for me to keep up with the rate of change in the technological world.

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