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Bob Mottram 2022-10-23 17:57:45 +01:00
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<h2 id="newswire">Newswire</h2>
<p>The right column is the newswire column. It contains a list of links
generated from RSS/Atom feeds.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS">RSS</a> is a much
maligned protocol. It’s simple, and an excellent way to read news in a
manner that’s convenient for you. The main reason for its downfall is
that it’s difficult to implement <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism">targeted
advertising</a> - the dominant business model of the web - within RSS.
It’s hard to spy on anyone using an RSS feed. So if we want the web to
improve then supporting RSS ought to be a priority.</p>
<p>If you have the <em>editor</em> role then an edit icon will appear at
the top of the right column, and the edit screen then allows you to add
or remove feeds.</p>

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## Newswire
The right column is the newswire column. It contains a list of links generated from RSS/Atom feeds.
[RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) is a much maligned protocol. It's simple, and an excellent way to read news in a manner that's convenient for you. The main reason for its downfall is that it's difficult to implement [targeted advertising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism) - the dominant business model of the web - within RSS. It's hard to spy on anyone using an RSS feed. So if we want the web to improve then supporting RSS ought to be a priority.
If you have the *editor* role then an edit icon will appear at the top of the right column, and the edit screen then allows you to add or remove feeds.
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