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Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by jsmeaton »

fakeer wrote: post #49
jsmeaton wrote: post #26

Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…

- Use a client that supports RSS. - Sync your data with Dropbox and use it on other machines. Or FeedHQ.org (Open Source) looks like a fine alternative but I am not sure what it supports yet in terms of your needs. Like they do have list, unread counts, tags(categories). Well, they have support read it later(which you said you don't want, maybe - but it's not that social :P) Hell, even I do not want a social service…

FeedHQ seems very close to what I want, unfortunately it's throwing a 500 error when importing my subscriptions. I'll give it a more closer look later, thanks for that.

Edit: and it's open source. This definitely seems like a good base to start from if it doesn't fit my needs.

Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by DanielRibeiro »

fakeer wrote: post #49
jsmeaton wrote: post #26

Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…

- Use a client that supports RSS. - Sync your data with Dropbox and use it on other machines. Or FeedHQ.org (Open Source) looks like a fine alternative but I am not sure what it supports yet in terms of your needs. Like they do have list, unread counts, tags(categories). Well, they have support read it later(which you said you don't want, maybe - but it's not that social :P) Hell, even I do not want a social service…

You can also use IFTTT, and let it put on your dropbox account. I used that for Twitter, until they shut IFTTT's account (Zapier (YC S12) still works, but it is paid).

The cool thing about this is that you get search. If only there was a web interface that would use my dropbox account, and allow me to mark as read, search and star things...

Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by fakeer »

jsmeaton wrote: post #51
fakeer wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- Use a client that supports RSS. - Sync your data with Dropbox and use it on other machines. Or FeedHQ.org (Open Source) looks like a fine alternative but I am not sure what it supports yet in terms of your needs. Like they do have list, unread counts, tags(categories). Well, they have support read it later(which you said you don't want, maybe - but it's not that social :P) Hell, even I do not want a social service…

FeedHQ seems very close to what I want, unfortunately it's throwing a 500 error when importing my subscriptions. I'll give it a more closer look later, thanks for that. Edit: and it's open source. This definitely seems like a good base to start from if it doesn't fit my needs.

Exactly. I just don't see why dev(s) are not jumping at this opportunity. Though I saw one dev wishing luck to NewsBlur on twitter :-)

Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by budman »

I am really surprised in all these Google Reader threads I have not seen mention of the free, self-hosted and perfectly simple RSSLounge. I been using it for three years now and even donated.

Development has stalled on this one though but the developer has a new RSS project with more social stuff. It is called Selfoss and is at http://selfoss.aditu.de/ .

Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by ashamedlion »

theone wrote: post #56

Isn't it strange that Newsblur is not even in top 5, the other poll[1] on HN suggested other wise. It was at top of the list on HN Poll. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5373538

Some sites more aggressively got their users to tweet the required hashtags than others.

Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by tempestn »

wubbfindel wrote: post #25
tempestn wrote: post #19

Does Feedly have a web-based client? I'm looking for something to recommend to users at www.searchtempest.com. Many of them have never used (or even heard of) RSS before, so simplicity is key.

They have an "in-browser" client, but I think you may have to install the correct extension for it to work. Check out www.feedly.com.

Ya, I did. Was hoping I'd missed it somehow. Looks like it's just Chrome, Firefox, iOS and Android. Great for you or I, but not for many of my users unfortunately.

Re: Show HN: My all-nighter project to find the best Google Reader alternative

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Post by sangupta »

czervik wrote: post #38
jsmeaton wrote: post #26

Am I the only one who just wants a list of updated articles and possibly an unread count? I don't want social in my RSS. I don't want to "discover" feeds. I don't want to be told what to read. I don't want to follow people. For me, the whole point of RSS is that I find a site I like, I add it to my list, and I'm told when there's a new article. I've tried several alternatives in the last 24 hours, and most of them ig…

You are not alone. I'm also insta turned off by any reader replacement that wants access to my google account. Seriously, I'm supposed to give you access to my friggin contacts just to try your service?! I just want to read my feeds and sync across devices.

You may want to try http://multiplx.com and create a password with any of your email ids - social authentication is purely optional.
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