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I keep wanting to subscribe to newsletters, but my inbox(es) are already such a disaster that the last thing I want to see there is, like, a big long thing I need to read right then and there, before it just disappears back into my inbox, never to be seen again. This is why they invented RSS!

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not helping matters is that webmasters are discouraged from having RSS feeds because they're easier for bots to scrape and duplicate content lowers SEO. cue "there's got to be a better way!"

Problem is that email became authentication and a persona mechanism. It's not so much about easy syndication, it's about knowing WHO is reading, and how to properly nag them. Hilariously, the easiest way to hide yourself from BigCo is to make your own website with an RSS feed and exit the platforms.

I've been debating signing up for something like Feedbin that lets you sign up for newsletters via an e-mail that brings it in, but the real limiting factor is finding time to read all the things I have already!

I'm a bigtime Feedbin enjoyer. Using the generated email address to make all those newsletters appear to me like any old RSS feed is fantastic. They *should* just *be* RSS feeds natively, but Feedbin at least lets me pretend I live in that world.

What's your RSS aggregator of choice? Some can accept emails and turn them into RSS feeds. That's what I do for the same reason. My inboxes are a mess.