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I removed all the bullshit social media icons and made sure that the rss icon is the first thing you notice on the landing page[1].

[1]: https://rednafi.com

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With the lack of styling, I'm sorry to say I didn't notice the RSS icon at first at all. Adding the typical orange background to the icon would fix that.

Fair criticism. I'm trying to find a way to present that without being obnoxious.

Maybe a rounded border? I agree it's too subtle as is.

Also, your Segal's Law link seems to have an encoding issue with the apostrophe.

Yeah rounded border seems like a good idea.

Also, weird, seems like I don't see the encoding issue on the segal's law.

I think you did just fine. The orange can be very obnoxious indeed, and just the icon is more than enough for people actually looking for it.

PS: I found out I was already subscribed to your feed.

Thanks for the sub :)

Yeah, the idea was that since RSS is still considered niche by the broader audience, those who are looking for it will probably find it just fine.

For a personal site, I'd probably just do that. (My friends are generally savvy and principled enough not to do most social media, so no need for me to endorse it by syndicating there.)

But for a commercial marketing site that must be on the awful social media, I'm wondering about quietly supporting RSS/Atom without compromising the experience for the masses.

Fair. For commercial sites and pretty much anything you want more eyeballs on, you need to put them on the social media.

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