@PartlyTermite RSS feeds basically allow you to "follow" a website and you will see all new posts in your RSS reader of choice (the "timeline"). I attached what mine look like with the "YouTube" category open. As you can see, the concept works nicely for a lot of types of content. And I don't even need a YouTube account. Usually, new items will be marked as unread, which will be marked as read once you open them. This and categories makes it easy to keep track of a lot of sources without missing anything. And that's really it. Here's a website explaining the concept in way more detail: wpmayor.com/beginners-guide-simple-syndication-rss/
@Neotheta I'm still using two forums, so yeah, it's true, they aren't quite gone. But activity has decreased a lot and I can't seem to find any others matching my interests. But maybe I'm just too particular about what I want. I'm not even sure what exactly I want, I just know that it isn't the places "where everyone is".
@pixel I just noticed that on your blog, the RSS feed isn't advertised with a <link rel="alternate"> tag. RSS browser extensions still use it to indicate if and which feeds there are, and it's also useful for feed readers because they will automatically pick up the feed URL if you paste the website URL.
I think I will slow down my internet usage and stop chasing after people who are more or less out of reach for me (at the places where "everyone" is, i.e. Bluesky, Twitter or Discord). I'll try to do more with my website and blogs instead.
Volpeon