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title: "Follow the Blog"
description: "There's lots of ways to do it"
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There are a few ways to get notified of new posts to the Mediocre Blog.

## Method 1: RSS

RSS is the classic way to follow any blog. Simply give any RSS reader the
following URL...

<a href="{{site.url}}/feed.xml">{{site.url}}/feed.xml</a>

...and posts from this blog will show up as soon as they are published.

There are literally thousands of RSS readers out there. Here's some
recommendations:

* [Google Chrome Browser Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp)

* [spaRSS](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.etuldan.sparss.floss/) is my
  preferred android RSS reader, but you'll need to install
  [f-droid](https://f-droid.org/) on your device (a good thing to do anyway,
  imo).

* TODO: an iOS reader, for you Apple users. Someone please [email
  me](mailto:mediocregopher.com) a recommendation.


## Method 2: Twitter

New posts are automatically published to [my Twitter](https://twitter.com/{{
site.twitter_username }}). Simply follow me there and pray the algorithm smiles
upon my tweets enough to show them to you! :pray: :pray: :pray:

## Method 3: Email

I do solemnly swear to never ever ever:

* Email you anything that's not a notification about new blog posts.

* Give your email address to anyone for any reason.

* Track whether or not you've opened the emails, clicked the links inside, or
  anything like that. Delete every single one, I don't care.

With that out of the way... if you'd like to receive an email everytime a new
post is published just type in your email and hit "Subscribe" below!

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