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Blog Platform with RSS Feed Support

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If you Google "blog platform with rss support," you'll find something interesting: the big platforms either bury their RSS feeds or don't offer them at all.

Medium? No RSS. Substack? You need a paying subscriber to get RSS. LinkedIn? RSS was removed in 2011. Twitter? RSS was deprecated years ago.

This isn't accidental. These platforms want you to visit their website, see their ads, and click their recommendations. Giving you RSS feeds would let readers follow you anywhere, on their own terms.

But here's the thing: some of us still believe in RSS.

Why RSS Matters

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is one of the oldest standards on the web—and it still works perfectly.

It does one thing: it lets readers subscribe to your content and read it wherever they want. In their feed reader. On their phone. Aggregated with content from dozens of other creators. No algorithm. No ads. No surveillance.

If you run a blog today, RSS isn't a feature. It's a statement. You're saying: "My content is yours to consume however you like."

The Feed Reader Renaissance

Feed readers never actually died. They just went underground.

Apps like Feedly, NetNewsWire, Reeder, and Inoreader have millions of users. Some people read 100+ blogs through a single feed reader—something that's impossible on social media where platforms limit reach.

If you're a writer with an audience that cares about reading and learning, many of them are probably in a feed reader right now.

Jottings: RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed

When we built Jottings, we knew RSS had to be first-class.

Not an afterthought. Not a paid feature. Not buried in settings.

Every Jottings site generates three feed formats:

  1. RSS 2.0 - The most widely supported format. Works with every feed reader.
  2. Atom - A more modern standard. Better structured. Excellent for podcast feeds.
  3. JSON Feed - The newest format. Great for custom integrations and modern apps.

You get one URL per format:

  • https://yoursite.jottings.me/feed.xml (RSS)
  • https://yoursite.jottings.me/feed.atom (Atom)
  • https://yoursite.jottings.me/feed.json (JSON Feed)

All feeds are automatically generated. You don't need to do anything. Write a post, hit publish, and it's instantly in every format.

Per-Tag Feeds: Segmented Subscriptions

Here's something most blogging platforms don't offer: per-tag feeds.

If you write about technology, food, and travel, readers might want to follow only your tech posts. Or only recipes. They shouldn't have to subscribe to everything.

Jottings generates a separate feed for every tag:

  • https://yoursite.jottings.me/tag/technology/feed.xml
  • https://yoursite.jottings.me/tag/recipes/feed.xml
  • https://yoursite.jottings.me/tag/travel/feed.xml

This is a game-changer for writers with diverse audiences. Your tech-focused readers get only tech content. Your food readers get only recipes. Everyone wins.

And if a reader wants everything, they subscribe to your main feed. But they have the choice.

The Feeds Page: Discovery Made Simple

Finding RSS feeds on most websites is a scavenger hunt. You right-click, look for a link icon, check the RSS plugin, and hope for the best.

Not on Jottings.

Every site has a /feeds page that lists:

  • Your main RSS feed (all posts)
  • Individual feeds for each tag
  • Copy-to-clipboard links for every format
  • A reader recommendation guide

When someone visits your /feeds page, they can subscribe to exactly what they want. The process takes 10 seconds.

Why This Matters for Content Ownership

RSS is about more than convenience. It's about independence.

When your readers use RSS, they're not dependent on:

  • Platform algorithms
  • Algorithm changes (looking at you, Twitter)
  • Shadow bans or reduced reach
  • The platform being acquired or shut down

Your audience follows your URL. If you move hosts, your readers' feeds keep working. If Jottings ever shut down (we won't), you can export your site and move to another static host. Your RSS URLs would change, but your content survives.

Compare that to Substack, Medium, or any hosted platform. If the platform dies or changes its terms, your audience dies with it.

RSS is the original social network. It predates Twitter, Facebook, and the algorithm by decades. And it's still the most reliable way to build an audience you actually own.

The Missing Feature from Everywhere Else

When we surveyed bloggers about why they were looking for a "blog platform with rss support," the answer was clear: they wanted to be read, not just visited.

Most platforms give you posting tools and hosting, but they lock your readers in. They want to be your only distribution channel.

Jottings is different. We give you RSS feeds because we believe your writing deserves to reach readers wherever they are—in feed readers, aggregators, podcasts, custom scripts, anything.

How to Get Started with Jottings

If you're tired of platforms that suppress RSS, or if you've been looking for a blogging platform that gets it, Jottings is here.

You get:

  • Automatic RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed generation
  • Per-tag feeds for segmented subscriptions
  • A clean /feeds page for easy discovery
  • Full content ownership and portability
  • Static HTML export (your site works forever)

Start a site today. Write your first post. Get your readers to add your feed to their reader.

Then keep doing what you do best: writing.

The rest is on us.

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