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1. brett+(OP)[view] [source] 2007-02-21 20:10:37
You wrote on reddit that an RSS feed is coming. If you're prioritizing that would be my first choice.
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2. akkart+1[view] [source] 2007-02-21 20:27:07
>>brett+(OP)
Counterpoint to all the calls for an RSS feed: Do others find reddit's front-page feed useful? Nobody at a social news site has yet figured out how to do the RSS feed right, IMO. I find myself using my browser to read reddit a lot more than my aggregator. For example, it's hard to capture the action on a comment thread, or to create filtered feeds by user. Here's one idea: http://features.reddit.com/info/xjvr/comments If user-specific feeds are infeasible (for server bandwidth or computation reasons) it seems RSS feeds are low-priority.
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3. bootlo+R[view] [source] [discussion] 2007-02-22 00:19:28
>>akkart+1
'... Nobody at a social news site has yet figured out how to do the RSS feed right, IMO ...' How about RSS feeds for individual users comments? Who likes checking into 'roach motels'? I don't. The number of sites I've added content /., use.perl, perlmonks, reddit only a few allow you to extract *your* insight. '... RSS feeds are low-priority. ...' possibly true, but why should you have to go back to a site/page when you can just grab the data & use it as you like?
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4. danw+Y2[view] [source] [discussion] 2007-02-22 22:23:57
>>akkart+1
I would quite like RSS feeds.

Specifically I would like an RSS feed for individual users so that if I like all the links submited by a particular user I can follow them easily.

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5. wborno+43[view] [source] [discussion] 2007-02-22 23:07:29
>>akkart+1
I read reddit almost exclusively through their RSS feed. Its a critical function for any site... what site owner wouldn't want to broadcast to an Opt-In audience of passionate users?
6. mogsto+58[view] [source] 2007-02-24 13:46:35
>>brett+(OP)
RSS was actually the first feature i looked for - so very glad to see it working. I use netvibes to scan around 50 feeds every morning and afternoon, so the availability of the feed is critical if i am to monitor what's posted. Thanks!
7. pg+nr[view] [source] 2007-03-03 23:56:33
>>brett+(OP)
done
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8. xirium+FMT[view] [source] [discussion] 2008-06-11 12:53:01
>>danw+Y2
As a stopgap measure, access http://www.ycombinator.search.xirium.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?... and then subscribe to the RSS feed.
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9. etfb+JIB1[view] [source] [discussion] 2008-12-02 22:38:41
>>pg+nr
Half-done, at best. Just getting a title is not much use: RSS feeds are supposed to save you time, and give you all the content where you want it (ie in your reader) not just give you a bunch of links that are no different than the HN "new" page.

Or is there a third-party technology that I'm missing that will solve that flaw?

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