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I’ve been trying to change how I consume online content, so I went back to RSS feeds.

I started by looking for blogs to follow, and had some success. Rediscovering old anime blogs was a nostalgia trip, and I added a few that are still active to my RSS reader. But things really started to click when I began adding news sites.

X has been my main news hub for the last six months, and I don’t like it. It’s great at delivering news quickly, but it also forces everyone’s opinions into the mix. Being able to see a headline and read it without commentary felt… freeing.

Just browsing headlines aggregated by my RSS reader was a game changer: no ads, no calls to action, just the articles. I can open what interests me and then move on.

A couple of my favorite feeds right now come from Polygon, GamingOnLinux, and EcommerceBytes for work.

Right now, I’m still collecting feeds using QuiteRSS. Once I get more situated, I’d like to check out some self-hosted options.

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Art By Yihan

I think one of the reasons I created this blog is interact with the Web differently. It is an attempt to get away from the social media feeds and constant stream of news and ads.

At some point I realized that the main 2 sites I visited multiple times a day were X and YouTube. Instagram was high on that list until I deleted it off my phone a few weeks ago. But, the act of trying to avoid these platforms made me ask “where the hell do I go online now?”

The question felt silly. The Internet is HUGE!….but where is it?

The fact of the matter is that now most communication happens in the digital gates of major sites and social media platforms.

These last few days I’ve been scanning through old blogrolls, forums, and more to find the old Internet I grew up on. Real people running real websites.