<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:21:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/standards/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Unrealistic perception on aesthetics and appearance ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beauty is purely a subjective preference. Not a “standard”. Not an objective measurement. Or an imitation that’s generally considered as universal norm. In all objective truth, beauty and attractiveness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/unrealistic-perception-on-aesthetics-and-appearance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/unrealistic-perception-on-aesthetics-and-appearance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxub2kwyPd7EcE3JCM4fqhovhWx2deqarmkB9836fEvwtbLofdvEYubrDBj5UppJnDTmAntcASNtycQTfjjCTeEQbcubXtaLAWs8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dynamic Post Signatures (Footer) on HIVE — A Fully On-Chain Approach (No Third-Party Required)]]></title><description><![CDATA[TL;DR: What if you could update your post signature (footer ) once and have it automatically reflected across all your old posts — without any centralized service, without re-editing, and using nothing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-139531/@louis88/dynamic-post-signatures-footer-on-hive-a-fully-on-chain-approach-no-third-party-required</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-139531/@louis88/dynamic-post-signatures-footer-on-hive-a-fully-on-chain-approach-no-third-party-required</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-139531]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[louis88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:31:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqu735dj4JeujH4TH251yV5sKgyiwhGsU3kqurahgA9E1neiVM9Bp9kGtcyuEnFPU2hasB19B2jt427hDUj3RTtrZwPWV9o3z3yfcpDKvqzP9T5Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFINED RELATIONSHIPS : THE POWER OF BOUNDARIES AND CLARITY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Freewriters Community ✍️ Another day of my writing streak, we're moving and advancing gradually. IMPACT: DEFINED RELATIONSHIPS Relationships are not meant to be confusing. They are meant to be clear,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@shikumi5/defined-relationships--the-power-of-boundaries-and-clarity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@shikumi5/defined-relationships--the-power-of-boundaries-and-clarity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shikumi5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4UugpzBg6HTXcfndL2YahVWhDUmk4UbcBjaYWE4uaYvxHvAatQb12YjWDM6jCuzp1HkbxRw24o3mskqZHmPXYjkTRP6yF88WmmsAjuzYuA1Lq8iFbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wouldn't you give up for anything?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahh Standards and Principles. A lot has been going on recently and those things above have been tested in my life over the past weeks. I've been having different conversations and scenarios play out these]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@thepenitself/what-wouldn-t-you-give</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@thepenitself/what-wouldn-t-you-give</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thepenitself]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:12:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJju9orArN6rhE8eChqEd4Dj8owip73CgonkUyhuArf1eoR5acbXjPMJYbAsrsAZw4Fc5enn2cM3z51cFB71vSgaYAjCyKdSHVPXJhEmduDTJJEXfPcmz8eQcSuxNnB1tUgXJdzy4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Male, And Human]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world is torn with a these societal standards that I honestly have no idea who set in the first place. One of the loudest ones is this idea that men are supposed to be tough. Society says “men don’t]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@empressjay/male-and-human</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@empressjay/male-and-human</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[empressjay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnWexXHWU3stpTnFpeEUxwSB9H8EENfzwgWkXDreSR2MLaYDkixdAayJtWgGNayCDzfsGsG7vY9t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaps as a Signature: On Teeth, Brows, and Human Bridges [ENG-SPA]]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a bilingual publication, you can go directly to the SPANISH version by clicking HERE This is my post for freewriters prompt 2975 " a small gap" hosted by @mariannewest I remember when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@manclar/gaps-as-a-signature-on-teeth-brows-and-human-bridges-eng-spa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@manclar/gaps-as-a-signature-on-teeth-brows-and-human-bridges-eng-spa</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manclar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqwjyAur4dVNeTxHT8rYidT5dL3SwbMzAoft3XHemziVeQBFJRCa3o3ikLeEecsowxGmcW7hCKv2L8T2hbDrzePcgmXHoDvGUpEfoi44K7pwWnZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hit And Miss - Home Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[In South Africa we have various home services that cost a fraction of the price found in other areas of the world. We have grown up with these various services like having cleaners or also known as a domestic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178138/@cryptoandcoffee/hit-and-miss-home-services-2u1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178138/@cryptoandcoffee/hit-and-miss-home-services-2u1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178138]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btUsKmHAXdCHM6mDTGM62iRuFnX43viGRbrcPYHrNqjd54oqsM3M99FmQA2WhwVFeyTCwR4Sb6Np8vT4nTfmJR55UuAF7q4s8uc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote To Scrap 30% Pass Mark For National Certificate]]></title><description><![CDATA[source I was reading an article the other day in regard to the education standards in South Africa and that the Minister of Education wants to scrap the minimum pass level of 30%. I have to admit I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178138/@cryptoandcoffee/vote-to-scrap-30-pass-mark-for-national-certificate-8uf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178138/@cryptoandcoffee/vote-to-scrap-30-pass-mark-for-national-certificate-8uf</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178138]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btUHMcdTNHrxPP5SpP2Acpoa7mv26yn3yg5utef6eBUA6WeyY4455j5ZWJyyLLPnBDvPqDTTBrear6YtA4qoGpDCdKozLQCw9ee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Tandoori Reading England]]></title><description><![CDATA[This evening we went out with my brother to the Royal Tandoori located in the central Reading town center. Apparently this site used to be part of the old Ship Hotel. The Indian restaurant is a decent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140587/@cryptoandcoffee/royal-tandoori-reading-england-afs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140587/@cryptoandcoffee/royal-tandoori-reading-england-afs</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140587]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZJRnjT9xCyzpeHLsM9RG9RpyCU2XFPsuJXG4BMTgSZDmL4sD5qUKq7NQTG31u2G6WnYvh9oGTZ1QDfhjD7vLbF6t6RTYU3Ap97YoYeWwW9QB8b44vJNiSTQr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHAT OUR SOCIETY CALLS A GOOD STANDARD ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is a common adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but in the modern world, it appears that the beholder has been blinded or rather confused because the standards in society have got quite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@pretemi/what-our-society-calls-a-good-art</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@pretemi/what-our-society-calls-a-good-art</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretemi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGckP9AKMDuvH7XZVJuBwbE2HawLqQXeZfFQrSarq6JoLNcJYF94qgPoe3qifjhUyfv7cGxMK16H3hczJwxC3ejxj5eaNski?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Societal Standards - The Illusion Of Perfection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing in this world is perfect but many are thriving to be that perfection that doesn't seem to exist. One of the many things laid down to pursue perfection is what we call societal standards. Even in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@merit.ahama/societal-standards-the-illusion-of-perfection-jgc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@merit.ahama/societal-standards-the-illusion-of-perfection-jgc</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[merit.ahama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:14:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PGypCg3bToQyZQpxWaGeVUGbPTGVbp4c1bbw97gDTFQikjuUiqHXnMztCiaKWYaQniHAw6RbEdKK2JD4bBUudgahQAFKMikHoskZhQ6ZptuRydwF4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[EN/PT-BR] It is unfair for society to try to force standards that are different from its own reality.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unsplash We know that society tries to enforce standards in some way, and that these standards cannot always be achieved by everyone. We need to understand that this economic or social standard will not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@shiftrox/enptbr-it-is-unfair-for-society-to-try-to-force-standards-that-are-different-from-its-own-reality-ejx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@shiftrox/enptbr-it-is-unfair-for-society-to-try-to-force-standards-that-are-different-from-its-own-reality-ejx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shiftrox]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCJpzXpQdWhnjcuhgVW2otJweRWJf2JCTYqobK877co43xjo5tXzdPZ4K4tBgKyXptSvLGhBzftfVWivnWbCPoeX1ajwfvcQKfXyFLLD2hMx3LqhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Considered Societal Standards, Might Not Be Realistic To The Citizens Of The Society...]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are standards that have been created already in the society, which have one way or the other affected the way we live and how will see reality. The Society itself has a way of making us believe in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@mayor-001/considered-societal-standards-might-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@mayor-001/considered-societal-standards-might-not</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mayor-001]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLn8fHNQvBRmMjE9p4TATpnkBPSZixN1adCRLUTFh14e1jn68wE5PDA4yWHwGboRfXhy8mj3mvxiwQa6xe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trap of wanting to be the perfect woman in everything - [ENGLISH-SPANISH]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source "Translated to English with DeepL" That "perfect woman" thing is exhausting because it's an invisible list that society keeps updating and adding stuff to, making it longer and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@maaasha/the-trap-of-wanting-to-be-the-perfect-woman-in-everything-englishspanish-ktq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@maaasha/the-trap-of-wanting-to-be-the-perfect-woman-in-everything-englishspanish-ktq</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maaasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFGyjGvTagkwR3WFtsFiZBUBvZtEHQtTXptMc6DySJAmPDEv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Awesome New Tool Created By @holoz0r]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday a new tool was released by @holoz0r called the Report card and is a stats driven tool covering your entire account history with regard to everything posting. We often forget, but many in our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/awesome-new-tool-created-by-holoz0r-3u1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/awesome-new-tool-created-by-holoz0r-3u1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btUWYFQkcArKhc5MrELfuBwoZtDt51pnqF85Zm9aro7ChxkQUG59hn1Q676qrypPRjpCWvbAvKbeT8H95k3vg78A7Y975f5Miea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alchemy Of Standards]]></title><description><![CDATA[The more information we get exposed to, the more likely we are to question the very foundations upon which we've built our lives. There's an unsettling effect with consuming information that our minds]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@takhar/alchemy-of-standards</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@takhar/alchemy-of-standards</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[takhar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvgeEigDRtRZXJUDM66FgT1PdEpdgnsP5yckNu44yNZw8PG9eExaTgayY84mvrzNMeV1NhjrYb16CuYvS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[source These days customer service is non existent and when you do find it on the rare occasion you have to thank your lucky stars. I am normally left disappointed and rarely blown away because I feel]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/customer-service-6tw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/customer-service-6tw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:23:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZJRnjT9xCyzpeHLsM9RG9RpyCWdodHdTjvtv1SVmLsR3atQ1voFoLTKBpZgs8WHp5SFgYbWJMQgwSudDrM2TWxw2RUw7JRhGbtZv8DYF1Tj9hUVPnLJm4URL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Your "High Standards" Actually Just Fear?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think having high standards can be a good filtering mechanism against the chaotic aspect of interpersonal relationships. 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Today, I’ll be talking about “The social standard” Today I was on TikTok and I came across a post and the content of the post was a woman happily showing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/the-social-standard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/the-social-standard</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:44:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxvU5Pkgud4s2bDRqBZPEFoKVuvr4tEdkUgkseEkWUnM2bzg2HpzghDeJw99jBHyw7HhqDr3GYq6RHP5Y41FU4WyKgwacGH6p1Vg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>