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RSS and feeds
Every journal on Moments has a feed. Subscribe to it in a reader and new moments come to you, in order, whenever you choose to look.
No account, no app to install, no algorithm deciding what you see. It is the quietest way to follow a journal: you keep a list of the places you care about, and they reach you directly.
What is RSS?
RSS is a simple, open format that lets a website publish its latest posts as a plain list a computer can read. A feed reader collects those lists from all the sites you follow and keeps them in one calm, chronological place.
It has been part of the web for over twenty years. It never tracks you, never reorders things to keep you scrolling, and works the same everywhere.
How it works on Moments
Every journal publishes a feed at its own address followed by /feed, for example yourname.moments.im/feed. It lists the journal’s recent public moments. There is nothing to switch on: if a journal is public, it has a feed.
You will also find a small feed icon in a journal’s footer. Most readers only need the journal’s web address to find its feed on their own.
How to subscribe
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Pick a reader
Choose a feed reader you like, such as NetNewsWire, Feedly, Reeder, or one built into your browser. Most are free.
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Add the journal
Paste the journal’s address, or its /feed link, into your reader’s add-subscription box.
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Read at your own pace
New moments appear in your reader as they are published. You look when you want to, and nothing is lost if you step away for a while.
What it is not
A feed is not an account and not a follow that anyone can count. The journal owner is never shown who subscribes. Private and unlisted moments are never included. It is simply a way for the people who care about a journal to keep up with it, on their own terms.