Hello RSS fans 👋
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:RSS_Icon: Hello RSS fans
There is an undocumented feature on Mastodon that lets you follow a profile's public posts through your RSS feed reader:
The RSS feed address of a public Mastodon profile is the profile's web address with .rss added to the end of it. For example the RSS address of my account is https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips.rss
This feed will only show public posts though, it will not show any replies or non-public posts.
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:RSS_Icon: Hello RSS fans
There is an undocumented feature on Mastodon that lets you follow a profile's public posts through your RSS feed reader:
The RSS feed address of a public Mastodon profile is the profile's web address with .rss added to the end of it. For example the RSS address of my account is https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips.rss
This feed will only show public posts though, it will not show any replies or non-public posts.
@FediTips well this gave me an idea to declutter my feed, I'll just use news accounts through rss and everything else on mastodon like I usually browse
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@FediTips well this gave me an idea to declutter my feed, I'll just use news accounts through rss and everything else on mastodon like I usually browse
Another approach for decluttering is to use Lists, which let you keep the interactive side of things: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/
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:RSS_Icon: Hello RSS fans
There is an undocumented feature on Mastodon that lets you follow a profile's public posts through your RSS feed reader:
The RSS feed address of a public Mastodon profile is the profile's web address with .rss added to the end of it. For example the RSS address of my account is https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips.rss
This feed will only show public posts though, it will not show any replies or non-public posts.
@FediTips That's a good tip, used this function before joining. Also use lists, which work ok. What is missing to me is the option to automatically hide viewed posts, especially from boosts. I don't want to see the same post over and over again, when I already put that person or organization on a list, so I only see it if I choose to. I wish this would work like RSS can, so I can choose to mark it for further reference or never see it again.
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@FediTips That's a good tip, used this function before joining. Also use lists, which work ok. What is missing to me is the option to automatically hide viewed posts, especially from boosts. I don't want to see the same post over and over again, when I already put that person or organization on a list, so I only see it if I choose to. I wish this would work like RSS can, so I can choose to mark it for further reference or never see it again.
There is already a feature which hides boosts you have seen before. However, it is hard coded to allow a boost to be visible again after 40 other posts have passed through your Home timeline. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-stop-seeing-the-same-boosted-post-again-and-again-in-mastodon/
