Better Offline Building A Newspaper Out of the Internet with Molly White
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Aug 6, 2025 Molly White, a writer and critic known for her insightful Citation Needed newsletter, joins to discuss the transformative power of RSS in news consumption. She highlights the struggle against the algorithmic grasp of social media, advocating for direct audience connections through innovative digital tools. The conversation dives into the newsletter economy, addressing the challenges of information overload and the importance of maintaining meaningful relationships between writers and readers. Molly's optimism for the future of journalism shines through as she navigates these pressing issues.
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RSS Enhances News Consumption
- RSS offers a protocol to aggregate varied content in one place without ads or algorithms.
- This bypasses abusive social media feeds, allowing reading at one's own pace.
RSS and Publisher Revenue Balance
- Publishers using RSS can maintain subscriptions without web traffic loss.
- Ad-supported sites use excerpts in feeds to encourage visits for ad revenue.
Leaving Feedly and Switching Readers
- Molly switched from Feedly due to its shift toward monitoring strikes, which felt like strike-breaking.
- RSS lets users easily migrate between readers by exporting feed lists as files.