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I've been building an RSS reader for the past year.

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  • Current, a new, calm RSS Reader

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    I’ve been building an RSS reader for the past year. No unread counts, no inbox to clear. Just a river that flows at its own pace.Today it’s live on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I wrote about everything that went into it.Current, an RSS Reader, by @tgCurrent is a new RSS reader that takes a really interesting approach to how we consume feeds. Instead of treating your subscriptions as a to-do list with an ever-growing unread count, it presents your feeds as a river; articles flow in, linger for a while, and eventually fade away on their own.Although the app is mac / iOS only, and paid, it’s not completely closed. You can hook it up to existing RSS backends like Feedbin or Miniflux.The completionist part of me does miss the idea of reaching “inbox zero.” For me, inbox zero was never about obsessive consumption (or at least I like to think so); it was the permission to walk away. When I’ve read everything, I’m done. I can close the app and move on with my day. I wouldn’t want my RSS experience to turn into a TikTok-like endless scroll where I just keep going without thinking. Current isn’t exactly that though, and that’s where its velocity system gets really interesting.Each feed gets assigned a half-life that determines how long its articles stay visible. Breaking news fade away faster than blog posts for example. This means the app naturally surfaces content proportionally to its nature; a prolific news site won’t drown out the small blogs you actually care about. The pace of consumption adapts to the pace of creation, which feels much more respectful of both the reader’s attention and the author’s intent.On top of that, Current watches your reading patterns and offers suggestions to help you “quiet” noisy sources. If a feed floods your timeline with 18 articles in one day, or if you keep skipping posts from the same source, it’ll nudge you to rate-limit or mute it.I would give the app a try, but it’s iOS and mac-only so far, so I guess I’ll have to wait! 🙂
  • RSS feed - score filter

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    I’ve just added a score parameter to the community RSS feeds so you can get a RSS feed of posts at or above that score. e.g. https://piefed.social/community/fediverse/feed?score=20 If there is interest then we can add more filters, for flair/tag, etc. But from the server logs it doesn't seem like many people use RSS.
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    @pauloflaherty.com but how did you find out about that RSS feed etc?imo the boost is what makes it social media. we decide together what deserves attention, without it ever being forced on us. we only see it if somebody we follow boosted it. virality based on consent.the alternative is great stuff reaches a few very slowly while big media owners and advertisers dominate our public mind.(I agree with not boosting it until you've actually read it etc.)#DemocracyOfReach
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    Domani, #8novembre, l'attivista informatico #AaronSwartz avrebbe compiuto 39 anni. Impegnato in moltissimi progetti #open, #RSS, @creativecommons, @reddit, ha perso la vita nel 2013 in seguito allo scontro con il governo #USA, che forse ne voleva fare un esempio.Aggiustare il mondo, di Giovanni Ziccardi, racconta la sua storia, ed è scaricabile gratuitamente da https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/milanoup/catalog/book/100?mtm_campaign=mastodon#aaron_swartz_day #swartz #openaccess #opensource