I follow Manuel Moreale’s blog using its RSS feed (he also maintains Ye Olde Blogroll). Because I follow him via RSS, I saw his July 16, 2025 post titled RSS Feeds in my feed reader. In that post, he noted a humorous discovery that some readers subscribe to his site newsletter using a tool which converts newsletters into RSS feeds. He reasonably asked, “WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE GOING THROUGH ALL THESE EXTRA STEPS??” I suspect there are two factors at play. Firstly, some readers may see the word “newsletter” and incorrectly assume that this means there is no feed. That is one reason I wrote an article about Substack’s native RSS feeds back in 2021. I also make a point of reminding readers of my newsletter that it has a native RSS feed. Secondly, it is possible that some people who use feed readers and do not have a browser plugin or extension which shows discovered feeds may rely on visual cues to see if there is a feed. The Manuel Moreale blog notes the existence of its RSS feed (with a link) in a “What should you do next?” section under each post, where it is bundled with information about how to support the author, other places he can be found, and other notes. While no one can say that the RSS feed is not clearly indicated, not everyone reads the fine print.