Use RSS Anyway
RSS Anyway replaces the old /news page, which was a prototype, with a more user-friendly version designed for everyone. This new tool allows users to find native RSS, Atom, or JSON feeds from any URL, even if the site does not clearly publish them. The focus is on enabling subscriptions rather than curation, making it easier for users to follow content directly from the open web.
- ▪The old /news page was a prototype and is now replaced by RSS Anyway.
- ▪RSS Anyway helps users find feeds from any URL, even if they are not clearly published.
- ▪The tool uses parsers and heuristics to identify feeds, rather than relying on AI.
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The old /news page is gone because it was a prototype; RSS Anyway is the real version, built for everyone. The prototype worked The /news page proved the point: the open web is better when you can follow URLs directly, without social media or recommendation feeds. But it was built around my sources, my database, and my assumptions. That made it useful for me and wrong for everyone else. The product is better RSS Anyway starts where the old page stopped. Give it a URL and it finds a native RSS, Atom, or JSON feed. If the site hides the feed or does not publish one clearly, it checks platform patterns, alternate links, common paths, sitemaps, and index pages. No LLM magic. Just parsers and stubborn heuristics.
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