A lot of people don’t know this, but you can subscribe to subreddits using RSS by simply adding .rss at the end of the URL, e.g: https://reddit.com/r/socialism.rss and then you can add the feed to your favorite RSS reader. For example, there’s a great add on for Firefox and an Android app.

As far as I know, RSS feeds aren’t affected by the API changes. So if you use Reddit to catch up on the news, this is a great way to do that.

  • PechenteEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Nice! Can’t wait to pay 40$ next year for that access.

    Seriously though, it’s a great feature and I hope it stays.

  • potemkinhrEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Man I totally forgot about RSS, it died ages ago with the death of Google’s client and never really stuck afterwards. Was just meaning to ask about a good client, this one looks like a no BS one that does it’s job. Thanks!

  • Kuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for this! I forgot RSS even existed. The time I used them were so many years ago that it feels like RSS should be dead like cds 😂

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      RSS is really underappreciated, and most news sites still support it. It kind of fell out of vogue because it makes it hard for corps to track and monetize the users.

      • gylotipEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        What’s the difference between .rss and formats like .xml and .json?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          .rss outputs it in a format that RSS readers recognize, .xml and .json are just different ways the page can be consumed, for example if you wanted to get the content through a service

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    to catch up on the news, this is a great way to do that.

    great way to catch up on the news is to watch actual real respectable news - not reddit (or any other social network, for that matter)