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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

my problem with these was that id have one website filling up the feed with a lot of posts and another interesting website that only makes a post every once in awhile and i almost never see it

is there a solution to this?

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I have a firehose folder on freshrss that has its own rotation rules such that posts are only retained for a couple days and are then deleted. It is also excluded from the “main” feed listing. Works great for news sites.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I have the same issue with lemmy, and formerly with reddit

[–] leastaction@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Feeder on my phone is my go-to source of information about the things I'm interested in on a daily basis. That and The Guardian is all I need.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

RSS is a nice idea. Unfortunately too many websites want you to use email "newsletters" instead.

Even Ghost has no mechanism to add an RSS link. You have to inspect the page code or use a dedicated extension.

[–] brunebrand@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

it's missing quiterss

[–] handyw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I used to use freshrss,innoreader,qireader,not select the services like AI

[–] unabart@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’ve been using FeedBin after Google Reader sunset… so, a long time now. Every year I say I’ll bring it in-house, then I get billed for another year and say fuck it. It works fine. And now they have a minimalist podcast app called Airshow that lets me use my FeedBin account to synch my podcasts across devices. So, whatever… take my money. 25$ a year isn’t going to break me.

Edit: want to add that I use Netnewswire (free) to read my feeds. Integrates Feedbin and isn’t overkill on ridiculous feature that turn it into a p.o.s. subscription app.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Couldn't keep reading. The comma splices and run-on sentences were breaking my brain. I'm sorry.

[–] whoisthedoktor@lemmy.wtf -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Am I the only person to find it easier just to go to the site than reading hacked-up versions in some archaic email-wannabe dedicated client?

I have never understood the appeal of RSS.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta love how lemmy can't stand a remotely different opinion. I agree with you, never saw the appeal.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know if it's Lemmy not standing different opinions than: A) some opinions don't add much value to any conversation except to say "I disagree" and that's both not super helpful and in a small community I'd argue it's healthy for positive engagement to be more prevalent than negative engagement. B) some comments disagree or tear down a solution without offering up a good alternative - which leaves the people with solutions feeling worse for their solution, the problem unaddressed in a different way, and if someone likes their solution or even knows it's superior to alternatives it becomes very easy to down vote a subjectively wrong opinion.

In this instance "going to the website" is not a helpful alternative for a tool who's purpose is to aggregate many desired websites into one location only when they have new content. "Going to the website" would be less efficient both in time and effort. This person saying they don't get them, while being on Lemmy - a site aggregator - is to me very funny.

My instinct was to down vote because it was already down voted and for the reasons above, but your comment gave me pause so now I won't down vote but I also won't upvote because it's not content I think anyone should waste their time reading.

Should there be a neutral response on site aggregators for this very circumstance? Never thought about that before.

[–] JessyKenning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My instinct was to down vote because it was already down voted

seriously?

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I think that's a very common and logical instinct/bias. I'm fairly confident you and everyone else does this as well. If someone told you two compare two drinks and that one was expensive, the expensive one gets a statistical boon. If someone says this book sucks and the author is an asshole, you're primed to take previously neutral statements and skew them towards a negative understanding.

I always read before voting but ya, we have bias my guy and talking about them is good.