Sourcefeed – a pop-up RSS service

Sourcefeed’s pitch is almost absurdly simple: no website, no email list, no fuss — just write, publish, and let readers get it through an RSS feed, a tool people use to follow updates in one place. Your first feed is free, then it’s $10 a year for up to ten. That tiny idea set off a surprisingly spicy reaction, because the real question wasn’t price — it was whether people actually want a publication that only exists inside a feed reader.

Some commenters were instantly nostalgic. One person said it brought back memories of Feeder, a beloved Mac app they still miss, then immediately spiraled into the practical panic of long-term archives: if you keep posting forever, where does all that history go? Others were more blunt. One hot take basically said, nice idea, but why would I hide my blog from normal people? That turned into the funniest mini-drama in the thread: for some, being hard to share is a fatal flaw; for others, it’s practically a selling point. One commenter joked that not being easily posted around social sites is actually a pro for people who want a “covert blog.”

Then came the anti-reader rebellion. Another user declared they love feeds for finding stories, but hate reading inside feed apps, insisting the real website is the whole point. In other words: Sourcefeed’s minimalist dream is either elegant internet purity… or a website that ghosted its own audience.