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How does the RSS feed thing work? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I see the RSS symbol on some post and I was wondering how to do it since I mod 2 communities. Yes I did try to google it but I was fed sponsored links and bullshit. If someone could point me to something that is understandable for a non tech guy I would appreciate it.

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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

When you click that RSS link, it downloads a file that you can then import into your RSS reader of choice. It's just a easy to aggregate anything you'd want to read via RSS (think of it like your own personal magazine subscription). If you mod a community you could set it up to get notifications when someone posts through that same reader application.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    it downloads a file that you can then import into your RSS reader of choice

    That's not how it works — the feed isn't a file that you download. You copy that feed URL and paste it into your RSS reader's 'subscribe' feature. Then your reader application will regularly check that URL for new posts.

    By the way, there's an RSS community: !rss@lemmy.ml

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