Reading by RSS again

I went back to reading by feed this year, and it changed how the web feels. My reader shows me everything from the sites I chose, in order, with nothing else mixed in. When I reach the end, I am done.

No infinite scroll. No suggested posts from accounts I never followed. No quiet sorting of what I am allowed to see.

It is a calmer way to read, and a fairer one for the writers too. Every site I subscribe to reaches me the same way, big or small. The feed reader is old technology. Coming back to it felt like remembering something I should not have forgotten.