Any guidance for getting started with RSS feeds? Suggestions, softwares, what makes you enjoy yours, and how your keep it curated?

  • ShiftLeft@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I currently use Feedly (its proprietary though)… I have in mind switching to my own instance of FreshRSS which looks awesome and has its mobile compatible apps too.

    I would also like to mention two little tricks that made my life easier with RSS:

    • First RSSHub: it allows you to made a RSS feed out of almost anything! RSS can be awesome…
    • Second, in GitHub if you append ‘.atom’ to any relases of a repostory you get a RSS feed for releases (which I use to track different releases) for example for lemmy https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases.atom

    Hope this helps!

  • JC@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    @lunar2m7 I was in the same boat recently. I searched for a service that I controlled. I wanted it to be centralized where I could read it on my phone or on any computer and the read articles would sync.
    The best solution I found is Nextcoud News. There’s an android app and it seems to be able to sync with some desktop clients (didn’t try yet).
    Im happy with it now.

  • jmp242@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    On the linux or windows desktop, you can use Thunderbird or Vivaldi - both have a RSS feed option. On the linux systems there’s Akregator which seems simpler to me just being focused on RSS. That said, I’m literally only using RSS to track new blog posts from Vivaldi for update releases for work purposes, so IDK about “more normal use”.

  • MerrickGreen@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    If you’re on Apple platforms you can try NetNewsWire. Comes with a Safari extension that you can use to easily add a feed and it syncs with iCloud and/or Feedly. Edit: grammar

  • Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Well, figuring out the sources you want to have in your RSS Feeder is a you task. Gotta know your interests. Find news sites or blogs of those interests and sub their RSS feed.

    I use android and use Feeder from the F-droid app store.

  • dmje@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    @lunar2m7 I’d go Feedly. Really frictionless and free. Then you can either just use the site itself or if you want software - you can either use their official app or find a compatible reader. I use Reeder (https://reederapp.com/) on both my Mac and iPhone which is lovely, clean, also talks to instapaper - I don’t know what there is on Windows/Linux/Android but there probably will be some pretty nice clients.