Goodbye RSS
Bear Blog is removing its RSS feed feature, citing low usage and maintenance burden. The decision reflects a shift away from traditional RSS in favor of other content distribution methods.
Background
The author is announcing they are removing RSS support from their blogging platform, BearBlog (a minimalist, no-frills blogging service). RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a long-standing web standard that lets users subscribe to blogs and news sites via a feed reader (like Feedly or NetNewsWire) instead of visiting each site manually. For many in the tech and indie-web community, RSS is considered a fundamental, open part of the internet's architecture — so removing it is controversial. The post explains the author's reasoning (likely performance/maintenance costs, low usage, or philosophical concerns), but the title alone signals a break with the ethos of the small-web / indie-blog movement, which prizes openness and user control over platform-driven algorithms.