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