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Reading feeds in an unsorted mix makes the information easier to parse than sorting it by subject.
Their wordsI suppose I could sort the feeds into subject matter folders, but I find the constant variety makes all the information easier to parse.
Their wordsA homepage is a curated display of the articles that its editor wants to present to visitors. An RSS feed includes everything that is published.
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More and more online explainer content looks tailored to search engines' AI summary tools.
Their wordsThere's now an ever-increasing amount of explainer content that looks to me like it's tailored towards search engines' AI summary tools, too.
Their wordsSomehow, still using RSS, which is a beautifully simple bit of tech from the early days of the web, makes you part of a community of like-minded strangers.
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