What is RSS?
RSS (it stands for "Really Simple Syndication") is a quiet little format that's been around since the 90s. A site like this one publishes a feed, a plain text file listing its latest updates, and a "feed reader" app on your end checks that file every so often and shows you what's new. No algorithm, no ads, no account, nobody tracking what you clicked. You just get told when something's new.
It fell out of fashion once social media promised to do the same job (badly, with ads, by algorithm), but it never went anywhere, and it's quietly having a comeback among people tired of being yelled at by timelines.
How do I use it?
- Get yourself a feed reader. Some easy, free ones: Feedly (web-based), NetNewsWire (Mac/iOS), Inoreader (web-based), or search your phone's app store for "RSS reader."
- Copy this site's feed link:
https://astroplasm.neocities.org/feed.xml - Paste it into your reader wherever it says "Add feed" or "Subscribe."
- That's it. Whenever the news page gets a new entry, it'll show up in your reader.
Most readers also support "auto-discovery," meaning you can just paste https://astroplasm.neocities.org itself into them and they'll go find the feed on their own.