SamNov 5, 2022
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

I see quite a lot of #Science posts expressing concern if The Public will follow their authors' #TwitterMigration over on here.

Here's the thing: they don't even have to. Every #Mastodon account has an #RSS feed. For example, here's mine:
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek.rss

Every hashtag has an RSS feed as well (as seen from a given instance), for example:
https://mstdn.social/tags/Science.rss

Your audiences can follow you without ever setting up an account on fedi, with any RSS reader.

Nov 5, 2022 at 2:39amWeb
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2022

Obviously #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon. I am not sure if #Pleroma and #Misskey offer RSS feeds of accounts and hashtags — would love input here!

I know some other fedi instance software also does offer RSS feeds. For example, @Castopod does: https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/feed.xml

Anyone who knows about RSS support in other fedi instance software, please do jump in and share!

Show threadAustin => @[email protected]Nov 6, 2022
@rysiek The ActivityPub bridge in RSS-Bridge, which I wrote, can convert, in theory, any ActivityPub outbox to an RSS feed: https://ieji.de/@austin/108515347807952409​ . In practice though, it seems like there is some differences in how ActivityPub is implemented among certain projects, so I'll try to address that.
Show threadKelley GrahamNov 11, 2022
@rysiek #nerdstuff. https://api.pleroma.social. i run faf.social on pleroma and wouldn't want to have to support rss feed issues. here's a site that mentions mastodon and pleroma specifically. https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/Bridge_Specific/ActivityPub_(Mastodon).html
Faf/Social

Show threadKelley GrahamNov 12, 2022
@rysiek I’ve been mulling this topic over and have decided that #rss protocol is, at this time, incompatible with #ActivityPub. This is ‘cause the security and privacy models are too different. E.g. How would #CW functionality map to #iTunes podcast feed weirdness?
Faf/Social

Show threadCyrusNov 5, 2022
@rysiek Neat, thanks for the tip.
Show threadFenNov 5, 2022

Where's a good spot to discuss cybersecurity items like zero-trust, passwordless, CMMI, CMMC, ATOs, RMF, 800-53, 800-171, etc?

In particular, I'm interested in Open Source solutions for remote endpoint security and automated compliance assessments, among other things.

Show threadLawrenceNov 5, 2022
@rysiek That’s very cool and helpful! Now I need minions and helpers outside of the fediverse to follow my rss feed.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2022
@lawrenced where is a minion emojo when one needs it?!
Show threadTara L. CampbellNov 5, 2022
@rysiek Oh good to know, thank you!
Show threadAnnie in ProgressNov 5, 2022
@rysiek Do have an RSS feed reader preference?
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2022
@LikeItOrLumpIt do I have one? Sure, I use Akregator, which is a KDE/Linux thing.
Show threadAnnie in ProgressNov 5, 2022
@rysiek Thx. It's sounds kind of techie. I appreciate you answering tho!
Show threadDemiurgeMCK 🎲🎮👸🏼Nov 5, 2022
@rysiek RSS feeds are awesome. Glad to see a platform embrace such a good, reliable tech!
Show threadMichael McCarthyNov 5, 2022

@rysiek More RSS is always a good thing.

Is the account feed customizable at all? (e.g., can you create a feed of all posts from an account with a certain hashtag?)

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2022
@mccarthymg not that I know of.
Show threadGuillaume LouvelNov 5, 2022
@rysiek @mccarthymg
I guess you would need to set up such filter in your RSS reader.
Show threadMr. EncyclopediaNov 5, 2022
@rysiek I really wish we could do the opposite too, follow an RSS feed as if it was an account on the Fediverse.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2022
@mrencyclopedia I believe #Friendica instances have this feature.
Show threadMerijn 👨‍💻Nov 5, 2022
@rysiek in my experience, even less people have an rss reader than Mastodon accounts. But it's a neat feature.
Show threadKees van der LeunNov 5, 2022
@rysiek I've never heard anyone around me say they use an RSS reader for any purpose. But I may be in a specific bubble of Public, of course ;)
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2022
@Sustainable2050 might be a good time to remind people RSS/Atom feeds exist.
Show threadJanet MacKenzieNov 5, 2022
@rysiek I use an RSS reader (in my case Inoreader, have also used Vienna) every day to catch up on news and posts from my favourite websites and blogs - much quicker than listening to podcasts or watching videos.
Show threadTuulaNov 6, 2022
@Janmakarta @rysiek Finnish goverment has nice selection of RSS feeds that I follow. Much easier to keep track of what things are being discussed and proposed there than trying to keep following news (that might not be reporting things clearly enough in the first place).
Show threadLohikäärme 32 Nov 6, 2022

@tuturto @Janmakarta @rysiek

Wait... we do?

Are any in selkosuomeksi?

(koska minun suomea ei ole hyvä... yrittän, mutta "aika" on jotain...)

Show threadTuulaNov 6, 2022

@mjd @Janmakarta @rysiek sadly, no selkosuomi as far as I can tell. But some of them are available in english.

for example, foreign ministry statements page https://um.fi/statements has link to english rss-feed. They have other pages for other stuff (like https://um.fi/speeches for speeches). Other ministries have their own pages with rss-feeds (except defence, for some odd reason).

parliament has their rss-feeds collected in one page: https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/Sivut/RSS.aspx but no english there.

Show threadrobiganNov 6, 2022
@Janmakarta @rysiek Do you have a recommendation for RSS reader apps on iOS? Something like Vienna that doesn't need a web server to do the job for it. Like Feedly does.
Show threadNiels K.Nov 6, 2022
@robigan Reeder doesn’t need one and you can sync with iCloud.
NetNewsWire doesn’t need one either I think.
Show threadrobiganNov 6, 2022
@nielsk I've seen Reeder and it looks amazing but am also a student who's not willing to spend 10€ on just to read his news. But I might as well try it
Show threadNiels K.Nov 6, 2022

@robigan then try NetNewsWire. It is actually nice and free. I just don’t use it because there is no Mac app iirc

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/netnewswire-rss-reader/id1480640210?l=en

‎NetNewsWire: RSS Reader

‎It’s like podcasts, but for reading. NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. NetNewsWire shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites — and keeps track of what you’ve read. If you’ve been going from page to page in your browser looking fo…

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Show threadHolly JahangiriNov 5, 2022
@rysiek I didn't know that! That's super helpful.
Show threadPhoton Empress 🌸Nov 5, 2022

@rysiek sure, but how many people still have RSS readers or use RSS in everyday life? Certainly the tech literate do. But my parents nor brothers do.

I wish discovery over here was a bit easier. Or some easy way to scrape my birdy users and just auto-follow them here.

Show threadShoq 🌿Nov 5, 2022
@rysiek Yes, but of they don't use a reader, they have to go look for that user's feed individually, right? That doesn't feel like a very convenient way to consume a timeline. But great for apps that could aggregate them, tho.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022
@shoq that's why hashtag feeds are such a great thing.
Show threadPaulNov 5, 2022
@rysiek That's great! If only people would be using RSS readers...
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022
@plompie they would be if we collectively did not spend the last decade driving them all into walled gardens instead. 🤷‍♀️
Show threadAJNov 5, 2022
@rysiek oh shit, this rules
Show threadUnited DiversityNov 5, 2022
@rysiek in only The Public knew about RSS! 🤣
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022
@uniteddiversity it's up to us to educate them about it, just as many of us were helping suck them into the walled gardens we worry about today.
Show threadAnnie in ProgressNov 5, 2022
@rysiek I figured out how to do the hashtag RSS feed for "music" thx for the info!
Show threadSuperScienceGrlNov 5, 2022
@rysiek but I don't want to be "followed", I want to talk to people
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022

@supersciencegrl that's very valid, and you've come to the right place.

My post was specifically in the context of people asking if their "audiences" come here so that they can "reach" them, and that sounded to me more like being about a one-way / broadcast type interactions. So that's what my post was about.

But as you might have noticed (as many new arrivals seem to quickly point out), there's often *more* interaction here than on , even if there are fewer people here. 👍

Show threadSuperScienceGrlNov 6, 2022
@rysiek Huh, I hadn't noticed yet - but that's probs because my app won't show me most toots for some reason 😂 that sounds very positive!
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022
@supersciencegrl follow broadly, this will fill up your timeline nicely. Then cull follows as needed to make it look what you want it to look. 🙂
Show threadpersonNov 5, 2022
@rysiek if the Muskification of Twitter brings about the resurrection of RSS readers, I will be *thrilled*
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022
@person72443 it's up to us to help make that happen! 🙂
Show threadJaap-Henk Hoepman (@xot)Nov 6, 2022
@person72443 @rysiek I was happy to discover my MacOS email client (Postbox) can subscribe to RSS feeds and show them as yet another email account. So does Thunderbird I believe.
Show threadKazrikoNov 6, 2022
@rysiek On Pleroma, just go to the user page on their server, then you can view source to find the atom feed. Should work in all the same rss readers.
Show threadKazrikoNov 6, 2022
@rysiek https://example.com/users/username/feed.atom << An example pattern that matches my server, but looking at the view source is the most reliable way.
Show threadMinaNov 6, 2022
@kazriko @rysiek remember when browsers showed you a button for that?
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 6, 2022

@meena yes! I still cannot forgive Mozilla for removing that button from Firefox. Absolutely bonkers decision.

@kazriko

Show threadChristine HallNov 6, 2022
@rysiek Good to know. Thanks!
Show threadCO∋Fella 🇺🇦✌️🇵🇱✌️🇹🇼✌️🇺🇸 #NAFONov 11, 2022
@rysiek That is a nice feature!
Show threadAndrew Morgan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Nov 14, 2022
@rysiek interesting toot, worthy of a boost
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Nov 14, 2022
@andrewmorgan thank you, I appreciate the feedback
Show threadAndrew Morgan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Nov 14, 2022
@rysiek my pleasure, I have so much to learn