RSS technically stands for “Really Simple Syndication” but we prefer backinskinnyjeans’ interpretation: I’m Ready for Some Stories:

Suppose you have 50 sites and blogs that you like to visit regularly. Going to visit each website and blog every day could take you hours. With RSS, you can “subscribe” to a website or blog, and get “fed” all the new headlines from all of these 50 sites and blogs in one list, and see what’s going on in minutes instead of hours. What a time saver!

How to subscribe to the flux newsfeed

Either

1. Find the RSS symbol on the sidebar
2. Click the symbol, which takes you to the subscribe page
3. Find and click the logo of your preferred feedreader (eg Bloglines, Newsgator, NetVibes)
4. This will redirect you to their site where you either create an account or log in

Or

1. If you are viewing flux in a web browser, such as Firefox, that supports RSS…
2. Find and click the orange RSS symbol in the far right of the address bar
   
3. On the next page, you should see a dropdown box which reads “Live bookmarks”
4. Click “subscribe now”
5. An icon with the RSS symbol reading “flux” should appear on your bookmarks toolbar (if not, check it is set to display; go to > View Toolbars > Bookmarks Toolbar)
6. Click the bookmark and the most recent headlines should appear in a dropdown menu