I’ve seen a lot of people praising RSS feeds over standard news. What benefits does RSS have over normal news sites? Are they more privacy-focused?

What feeds would you recommend for a fellow Lemmy user?

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Lemmy has RSS. You could make a feed of any community here. I’ve made a feed of all the comms I’m subscribed to show up on my MagicMirror2. That way in the morning I can view feeds of what’s happening while brushing my teeth.

    Here’s a screenshot from my profile page. This would be an RSS feed of the overview for my user profile. So any time I made a post or comment, this RSS would update.

    This is from my Lemmy homepage. This would show an RSS feed of all posts that are not hidden from communities I’ve subscribed to, and would show the “Hot” algorithm. As you press buttons to change to comments, local, all, and different types of algorithms, the RSS feed link should change to your desired preferences.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        I used an off-the-shelf one made by Vilros with my own already-owned Raspberry Pi. I’m not great at constructing stuff, ha.

        I will take a photo and share it here if I can figure out how to do it without me in the mirror?

        EDIT: Actually no, looking at the mirror, you won’t be able to see half of it because I would have to remove all my personal information. The weather shows my location, the AQI meter shows my location, I have my calendar schedule on there…

        Just trust me, it’s useful and looks cool but I’d rather not have to black out half of what makes it look cool just to show you the RSS feed and maybe the Now Playing on Plex feed that shows me who is watching what on my server.