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The early internet was so human and genuine. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [S] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recently started collecting feeds for my RSS reader, and it is so refreshing. I haven't added any Lemmy feeds to it yet, since I'm on here a lot anyway, but it's nice for blogs and websites that I'm not going to remember to check regularly otherwise.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What reader do you use?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    RSS Guard. I tried a few, then decided that what I really wanted was just a simple app that would run locally, doesn't run in browser, doesn't rely on me creating an account to sync with some external server, and doesn't have limits to the number of feeds I can add.

    It was pretty painless to set up. The only downside is that if I ever want to transfer my feed list to a reader on my phone or another PC, I would have to export the list and then import it, but that's not hard.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is there a place that gives directions on how to set it up? It looks interesting, but I'm not great with installing non-normie software.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Rest assured, I'm very much a normie with tech stuff too. It wasn't bad to set up. It's been a few months, but I'm sure I just downloaded it from the link on their site and followed the installation prompts.

    The hardest part is finding websites that support RSS. But for an example, say you wanted to receive reports about outbreaks from the FDA, here's their RSS feed: https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/contact-fda/stay-informed/rss-feeds/fda-outbreaks/rss.xml

    You would just go to "add feed" in the RSS reader, and paste the URL, and you're done! You can customize how often you want it to check your feeds for new updates (I have mine check every couple of hours), and when they show up, you can view them within your reader similar to email.

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