RSS is a special web feed that displays the latest posts from a blog, website, newsletter, or social media site. It became popular as the "original" social media feed back when blogging was first taking off. It's still around, and it's still the best way to keep track of new posts from your friend's websites. It's also how podcasts are delivered. RSS feeds are created by the websites themselves, and then you use an RSS reader to "subscribe" to each feed. Subscribing to a feed is basically just telling your RSS reader to regularly check the RSS file on each website you subscribe to to see if anything new has been posted. The app will download the new item, and you can read it right inside the app. This makes it easy to follow new posts on blogs and websites without having to manually check each one. ## RSS readers I primarily use the new version of [Reeder](https://reederapp.com), but there are just countless different RSS readers out there, many of which are free. I used [Reeder Classic](https://reederapp.com/classic/) edition too, but have been experiencing an error on my MacOS install and have since moved to [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com) instead (you can see if I've since shifted again by checking out [my /uses page](https://rscottjones.com/uses)) ## RSS tools Here are some other tools related to RSS feeds: - [RSS.app](https://rss.app) offers a bunch of cool tools, including creating rss feeds from almost any webpage, but most features require a monthly subscription - [rssrssrssrss.com](https://rssrssrssrss.com) - combine multiple RSS feeds into one unified feed. - [All About RSS](https://github.com/AboutRSS/ALL-about-RSS) - a large list of rss-related stuff. - [Kill the Newsletter](https://kill-the-newsletter.com) - simple, free service that you can use to convert a newsletter subscription into a feed you can follow in your rss reader.