Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

#1

Post by sum1ren » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 5:15 PM UTC

Hi there, I built a chrome extension to grab new posts from social media.

Instagram, twitter, Pinterest, etc don't really allow for RSS so I worked on this alternative to get new posts. Hope this might be useful for some of you.

Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS
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Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

#2

Post by jimmySixDOF » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 5:48 PM UTC

I like it at first glance but need to see more detail or play with it first before forming an opinion. But nice job keeping it simple at least makes me want to give it a go later. Definitely into the idea that better news aggregation is a good investment of time and materials. Good Luck with this !

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

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Post by marban » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

Extensions are not alternatives.

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

#4

Post by djbusby » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:13 PM UTC

I do something like this for my own tool ("rivus") which pulls in all kinds of socials into one feed. Makes it much faster to "monitor the culture"

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

#5

Post by iKlsR » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:37 PM UTC

Seems similar to what https://fraidyc.at/ does already sans the search.

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

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Post by rado » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:41 PM UTC

marban wrote: post #3

Extensions are not alternatives.

Yes. It's too confusing.

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

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Post by giuliomagnifico » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:48 PM UTC

Okay, it’s nice, well done… but is far from be “a possible alternative to RSS”, and by the way, why we should need an alternative to RSS? RSS protocol works fine, we only need that more websites use it!

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

#8

Post by jimmySixDOF » Sun, Jan 01, 2023, 10:02 AM UTC

jimmySixDOF wrote: post #2

I like it at first glance but need to see more detail or play with it first before forming an opinion. But nice job keeping it simple at least makes me want to give it a go later. Definitely into the idea that better news aggregation is a good investment of time and materials. Good Luck with this !

Not sure you are checking thread but another project popped up you can here ....

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34188734

Re: Show HN: I built a possible alternative to social media RSS

#9

Post by sum1ren » Mon, Jan 02, 2023, 8:53 AM UTC

djbusby wrote: post #4

I do something like this for my own tool ("rivus") which pulls in all kinds of socials into one feed. Makes it much faster to "monitor the culture"

"monitor the culture" - don't think I could word it any better. When FTX fell and ChatGPT got released, there was just so much to monitor to see what others are saying/doing

Care to share a link to rivus?