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Re: I ditched the algorithm for RSS

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Post by throwawayq3423 » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 7:07 AM UTC

maxglute wrote: post #225

throwawayq3423 wrote: post #171

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I've always described (the old) Twitter as an RSS feed but for people, which I loved. Is there a way to recreate this without all the slop?

https://github.com/dimdenGD/OldTwitter Works fine. Reverse chronological sorting with just who you follow. For automated... apart from self host RSS options or nitter instance, neither of which I've tried... For semi automated I have a manual but not too laborious google sheet: https://imgur.com/a/S5xTlPp Uses: https://github.com/dimdenGD/OldTwitter https://github.com/BlackGlory/copycat TLDR workflow: 1. open "old" t…

Brilliant, thank you !

Re: I ditched the algorithm for RSS

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Post by mattlutze » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 1:44 PM UTC

soapdog wrote: post #238

mattlutze wrote: post #227

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Does the world need another RSS reader/mousetrap? We already have so many. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=rss+readers What is your friend's idea to revolutionize with their new reader?

Someone doesn't really need a reason to build something besides that they want to build it. I built many RSS readers and I was not trying to revolutionise anything, I was just having fun. This mindset of "revolution" and "disruption" will block you from actually just doing the things you want sometimes.

One of my soapboxes is that the world is full of really smart people trying to solve solved problems for the sake of having done something that feels like something. I advocate for people taking that creative energy and pointing it at partially/poorly/un- solved problems.

If that's developing to offer (OP in particualrly said their friend would soon be offering a new service) an RSS Reader because there's something to actually innovate and more fully solve a problem, then it's great. Otherwise, it's just fodder for AdWords and Facebook when they eventually try to build acquisition for a business around it.

Re: I ditched the algorithm for RSS

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Post by OrangeMusic » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

pyromaker wrote: post #177

I've recently launched Mashups.io - my own Yahoo Pipes tool. https://www.mashups.io And using the tool, I've been filtering, changing and tweaking various RSS feeds along the way. I absolutely love RSS and absolutely loved Yahoo Pipes. For me, that got me into mashing up stuff on the web. For devs, RSS feeds also provide a very easy way to source data. No need to get API keys and tokens, it gives you real life datase…

Just tried it, unfortunately creating a new project and clicking on Save doesn't do anything. The loader in the save button animates forever and nothing happens.