HN RSS feeds per user no longer available

#1

Post by sarcher » Sat, Oct 21, 2023, 11:42 PM UTC

Not sure how long these feeds have been broken, just noticed today. I used per-user RSS feeds to follow a few posters who generally write on subjects I'm interested in, but now they aren't resolving.

Typically used this format: https://hn.algolia.com/userfeed/

Is there an alternative available or is the RSS option gone permanently?

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#2

Post by paulpauper » Sat, Oct 21, 2023, 11:56 PM UTC

i had no idea this feature existed. interesting

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#3

Post by jdougan » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 12:07 AM UTC

I could use a feature like that.

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#4

Post by akaij » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 12:09 AM UTC

You might want to try Hacker News RSS at https://hnrss.github.io/#user-feeds

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#5

Post by Uptrenda » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 12:26 AM UTC

Damn, if this feature existed that is really cool. Are there any other undocumented HN features like this? This actually seems like a really good idea.

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#6

Post by sodality2 » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 12:37 AM UTC

This isn't a HN feature - it's an Algolia feature. They just updated it about a week ago - I'd imagine it's related to that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37870077

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Post by noman-land » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 1:24 AM UTC

Uptrenda wrote: post #5

Damn, if this feature existed that is really cool. Are there any other undocumented HN features like this? This actually seems like a really good idea.

I subscribe to my own replies so I know when people reply to me. This is yours.

https://hnrss.org/replies?id=Uptrenda

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Post by Brajeshwar » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 1:56 AM UTC

There is https://hnrss.github.io that does a pretty good job. A user's RSS feed is https://hnrss.org/user?id=sarcher

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Post by macintux » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 2:12 AM UTC

Uptrenda wrote: post #5

Damn, if this feature existed that is really cool. Are there any other undocumented HN features like this? This actually seems like a really good idea.

So very, very many undocumented features.

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

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Post by pcdoodle » Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 2:26 AM UTC

sodality2 wrote: post #6

This isn't a HN feature - it's an Algolia feature. They just updated it about a week ago - I'd imagine it's related to that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37870077

I don't like the idea of people being scared of RSS. Why drop something like this? If someone has really good ideas i'd like the option to get notified in a simple feed.