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<h2 id="newswire">Newswire</h2> <h2 id="newswire">Newswire</h2>
<p>The right column is the newswire column. It contains a list of links <p>The right column is the newswire column. It contains a list of links
generated from RSS/Atom feeds.</p> 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 <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 the top of the right column, and the edit screen then allows you to add
or remove feeds.</p> or remove feeds.</p>

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## Newswire ## Newswire
The right column is the newswire column. It contains a list of links generated from RSS/Atom feeds. 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. 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.
### Moderated feeds ### Moderated feeds