There are lots of ways you can use on the Fediverse:

-Follow any Mastodon account's public posts through RSS by putting .rss at the end of their profile URL. Use this address in your feed reader software.

-Follow any PeerTube account or channel by clicking the options menu next to the Subscribe button and selecting RSS.

-If you are on a Friendica server, you can use it as a feed reader. Paste an RSS feed address in the search box, that feed's posts will appear in your home timeline.

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KelsonV

@feditips Yep! Most Fediverse platforms offer an RSS or Atom feed, though not all of them make it easy to find.

I've collected a list of the patterns used by various server types here:
hyperborea.org/tech-tips/fediv

But adding .rss like on Mastodon is always a good place to start!

(Fun fact: Mastodon lets you follow tags with RSS too!)

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Eric Nicholls :fedora:

@feditips Wow. What a great way to K.I.S.S.

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k8quinn

@feditips I follow several webcomics with a variety of update schedules. Since many of them have RSS feeds, it provides a really good way to keep up with them when they update without having to remember all those schedules.

Vivaldi browser (free) has a really good RSS reader. For Firefox, the Feedbro plug-in does a really excellent job (that's what I use). Similar plug-ins are available for Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers.

No connections, just a user.

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Bruce.desertrat

@feditips If you use Feedly all that's needed is the Mastodon URL no .rss

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Arghya Chakrabarty

@feditips Is there an FOSS rss reader that syncs between devices without the need for self hosting? Feedly and Inoreader are the ones I generally use, but I really prioritize cross syncing between devices.

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