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Many sites have an RSS feed. Mine has three. Don't know what RSS is? I got you covered. You thought I was gonna try to persuade you to use RSS? Ha, rookie mistake, kiddo. Even though most people younger than 30 don't even know what it is, it still remains one of the most useful and important protocols for the internet and digital media as a whole. It allows people to stay up-to-date with every website they follow in a way that's totally free of tracking and platform-independent. RSS feeds mostly fell out of style because singular platforms got really—and I mean insanely—good at delivering content to users. Of course, we all refer to it as a monolith: The Algorithm. But let's get real with ourselves here for a second; that term is a scapegoat. All of our woes regarding the internet have manifested into this seemingly never-ending hydra, but the truth is a lot more complicated than that. A friend of mine told me a statement that has been floating around boardrooms and fancy cocktail…

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