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I like this service and use it myself. But I do find one thing unsettling about it: I run a blog that offers email subscriptions, but also provide direct RSS feeds (with prominent links!). For reasons I don't understand, large numbers of people subscribe using kill-the-newsletter. Which makes me sad, because then they don't get real tables, can't see post-publication corrections, don't get vector graphics, etc.


I run a paid RSS-to-Email service and I have customers who subscribe to get kill-the-newsletter RSS feeds delivered to them via email.

At some point I just have to assume that people have motives and not worry about it.

(In the case of newsletters → feed → email it may be avoiding giving our your email address?)


I see the same thing! A little tempted to email them sometimes with "you know there's a real RSS feed..."

I don't feel like I present the email option with any more prominence either. Interesting user behavior.


Periodically send out a newsletter targeting kill-the-newsletter email addresses to announce the "new" RSS feed support.


Make a blog post about it


I check for an RSS feed, and if it does not exist, subscribe via KTN.

It would be awesome if KTN provided an easy way to upgrade/redirect at KTN feed to an original feed, if one exists. I'm not sure how conveniently redirects would be handled by RSS clients...


Ahah same. I literally just posted another comment here saying the same. I even made a PSA on my blog to let them know and people keep doing it.

I really don’t get it. If you want an RSS just use that.

But i guess people are used to not have an RSS available so they don’t even bother checking.


I still don't get how my substack newsletter got such a success but the RSS got so little love.

It's less clutter. No string attached. Formatting is better.

And yet.


Ignorance? I sub to several substacks via email, and just today (just now, from you) learned that the platform supports RSS feeds :) Off to substack I go! It’s become overwhelming.


Yeah RSS is the least promoted web feature of the century.

Even youtube channels have rss, and it's advertised... nowhere.




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