One of the default "auto modes" for writers is the RSS feed. They want to share their writing somehow. Plenty of writers don't own a domain name, but somewhere on their site sits a clunky RSS file in XML format. A horrible-looking file. If you have never seen one and feel like hating yourself, open any rss.xml from a random website or read the spec: RSS Advisory Board The website name explains most of it. RSS is supported in practically every feed reader and aggregator out there. Some "rebels" go with Atom instead. Another piece of internet history. The more adventurous people can read the badly written novel known as RFC 4287: The Atom Syndication Format Standard reading material if you were sentenced to life imprisonment. If you want the one technical sentence: Atom fixed RSS's inconsistent and underspecified formats by providing a fully standardized syndication protocol with unambiguous metadata (such as unique entry IDs, timestamps, content types, and extension mechanisms),…
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