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 1#+date: [2026-07-16 Thu 13:34:04]
 2#+title: Re: Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You
 3#+description: I am so happy feed readers let me ignore the author's style sheets.
 4#+slug: re-your-rss-reader-is-robbing-you
 5#+filetags: :web:
 6
 7To summarize my answer to Antonio's post: good!
 8
 9I don't read posts in my feed reader to look at styles, I do it to consume
10content - to read their thoughts.
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12I use my feed reader because it's configured exactly how I like it. The colors
13are tweaked to a palette that's pleasing to my eyes and doesn't cause strain.
14The font family, font size, and other elements are customizable and configured
15exactly how I like them.
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17I can't tell you how many times I've opened a great blog post and struggled to
18read it and had to enable Reader Mode in my browser just to get through it.
19
20HTML is great because it's a structured markup where we can disregard the web
21server's custom styles and apply our own. In fact, there are whole communities
22around custom style sheets to mold the web into your own comfortable space.
23
24Sure, there are great looking blogs out there. But honestly? There are far more
25poorly-styled blogs or blogs that are fine, but conflict with my own sense of
26style or eye comfort.
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28Keep it up, RSS. Thanks for shielding me from visual discomfort and flashing
29yellow text on purple backgrouunds.