Now AI agents need what RSS does
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Now AI agents need what RSS does
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Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#2What's old is new again. The solution RSS offered was structure for an otherwise unstructured challenge (trying to figure out updates on a site). That value grew exponentially when connected to AI (providing the signals of when do I need to look at this site/podcast again). Smart marketing.
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#3I kinda don't like RSS because I often want like a whole blog archive downloaded if I add a new feed and it usually has limits how far back of posts it will download (randomly configured by each site)
Unless someone has a fix of whatever settings I've been using
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#4I kinda don't like RSS because I often want like a whole blog archive downloaded if I add a new feed and it usually has limits how far back of posts it will download (randomly configured by each site) Unless someone has a fix of whatever settings I've been using
Sorry, I don't have a solution. But I use RSS for everything, and I can confidently say: RSS is not designed for your use case.
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#5i mean, i still read hacker news primarily via RSS in feedly. i kind of never stopped using it, and everybody is much more generous with their feeds nowadays than back in google reader times. bearblog, etc. RSS rules
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#6I kinda don't like RSS because I often want like a whole blog archive downloaded if I add a new feed and it usually has limits how far back of posts it will download (randomly configured by each site) Unless someone has a fix of whatever settings I've been using
For the Premium Archive tier, NewsBlur attempts to download a blog's entire backlog to backfill stories, whether it's exposed through paging or RFC 5005. Here's more info about how NewsBlur does it: https://blog.newsblur.com/2022/07/01/premium-archive-subscri...
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#7I guess if you want your content all slurped up and served as coming from AI with no backlinks.
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#8I kinda don't like RSS because I often want like a whole blog archive downloaded if I add a new feed and it usually has limits how far back of posts it will download (randomly configured by each site) Unless someone has a fix of whatever settings I've been using
I use Elfeed for Emacs and it stores the history as you download updates so you can always go back and read an old post.
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#9I have almost 40 feeds I subscribe to and they're my primary way of getting information I care about without being exposed to ads or other things I don't want to see.
Re: Now AI agents need what RSS does
#10I have almost 40 feeds I subscribe to and they're my primary way of getting information I care about without being exposed to ads or other things I don't want to see.
What are your favorite feeds?