Use RSS to Get Updates
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Introduction
RSS or Really Simple Syndication is an excellent way to get a feed from a massive amount of sources! Instead of having to go to different websites for updates on different things, one can simply read from all sorts of sources in one single feed. In this article, you will learn how to find feeds for various social media, news, and video sites.
Nitter is a free software frontend for Twitter, and includes the ability to follow an account as an RSS feed. The format is as follows:
https://<instance>/<username>/rss
Bibliogram is similarly a free software frontend for Instagram that includes following accounts as RSS feeds, although not all instances support this, so you will want to check the list of instances first.
YouTube
YouTube has built-in RSS functionality. The format is as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<id>
TikTok
Proxitok is a free software frontend for Tiktok that includes following accounts as RSS feeds. The format is as follows:
https://proxitok.herokuapp.com/@<username>/rss
Mastodon
Mastodon is a federated social newtork powered by ActivityPub. The format is as follows:
https://<instance>/@<username>.rss
PeerTube
PeerTube is a federated video streaming site, also powered by ActivityPub.
To follow via RSS, click on the arrow labeled Subscribe, and then click Subscribe via RSS.
Wordpress
For Wordpress sites, the format is as follows:
https://<website>/feed
Other
Often, many websites will have an RSS icon such as this one 
or a link labeled RSS that will take you to an RSS feed for that website. For example, the one on the front page of this website. Alternatively, a website may have a page that lists multiple feeds, such as on Deutsche Welle.
