# What using RSS feeds feels like

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## What Jamie wrote

People ask me often how I find the links that I put in the Weekly Thing and for the vast majority that answer is via my RSS feeds. I like this blog post about the "feeling" of using RSS… 

> To me, using RSS feeds to keep track of stuff I’m interested in is a good use of my time. It doesn’t feel like a burden, it doesn’t feel like I’m being tracked or spied on, and it doesn’t feel like I’m just another number in the ads game.
> 
> To me, it feels good. It’s a way of reading the web that better respects my time, is more likely to appeal to my interests, and isn’t trying to constantly sell me things.
> 
> That’s what using RSS feeds feels like.

I would agree. I use different services, but RSS is absolutely an environment where you are in control and it feels significantly higher value than randomly scrolling timelines.

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