THE litmus test of whether a corporation is actually committed to freedom and decentralization is simply this: Do they publish free, open RSS feeds for general public use of their content?

BitChute, for example, passes this test. Even YouTube does. So do all blogs and most news services.

But NOT X.com, that bastion of free speech. Also not Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. That’s because the corporations that own these web services want you locked inside their walled gardens.

The tension between open access and walled gardens is an old problem we were talking about back in the 90s, but it is evergreen. It is THE basic issue of internet politics. It’s not going away.

Get on the right side of this problem, people. It’s important. Learn about it, talk about it. Pressure Elon to support RSS. If he did this one little thing, it would mean a lot.

BTW, in a one-on-one convo over the phone, Jack Dorsey told me in spring 2019 that Twitter was going to add RSS support. He never did.