THE Web is generally not a good source of information. Social control media is even worse as it doesn't reward for accuracy, it lacks context, and it is designed to distract (it's the business model). RSS feeds are the 'vaccine' in this situation; they help put people back in control and they weaken points of centralisation. That's why large companies and especially Internet monopolies do not like RSS feeds and barely advertise the existence of such a thing anymore. They want everyone to just use their portals and "web apps" instead.

"The advantage of the 'RSS approach' is that it obliterates distraction, lowers the signal/noise ratio, and gives quick access to a plethora of different sources, not curated by a third party but determined by the list of sites chosen as trustworthy and worth subscribing to."In the video above I spontaneously show or make a case for RSS readers (no scripting or preparation, but it worked out OK). I give the example of Ubuntu's release and the University of Minnesota blunder. The advantage of the 'RSS approach' is that it obliterates distraction, lowers the signal/noise ratio, and gives quick access to a plethora of different sources, not curated by a third party but determined by the list of sites chosen as trustworthy and worth subscribing to. Yesterday we shared our list of about 460 RSS feeds that cover GNU/Linux and Free software (exclusively or some of the time). ⬆