Eric BlairJan 15, 2023
Brent Simmons
On the NetNewsWire blog — How to Subscribe to a Twitter List in NetNewsWire.
NetNewsWire - How to Subscribe to a Twitter List in NetNewsWire

Though the UI doesn’t expose it (we should fix that, yes), you can subscribe to a Twitter list in NetNewsWire. (Note: this works with iCloud and “On My…” accounts.) First make sure you’ve added your Twitter account to NetNewsWire in Settings > Extensions. Then go, in your browser, to the Twitter list you want to add as a feed. Copy the URL. Then, in NetNewsWire, add it as a web feed (not as a Twitter feed).

Jan 14, 2023 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadBrian Cordan YoungJan 14, 2023

This works great. I’ve been using it since last summer and, as you might expect Twitter systems are not all the same. I’ve seen long delays in updates when you subscribe to a Twitter feed (a single account). Delays of up to 12 hours after the November exodus.

But twitter lists get updated much more timely.

Thank you @brentsimmons for NNW. It also made the transition to Mastodon seamless. I just swapped out people from a twitter list to a mastodon rss feed.

Show threadsammyjojoJan 14, 2023
@brentsimmons great! I would have never figured that out. I remember the feature of being able to add your twitter feed while back so I tried it out yesterday really wanting a “list” and I just figured it wasn’t supported. Thank you!
Show threadRobinJan 14, 2023
@brentsimmons wouldn't be surprised they remove rss soon
Show threadBrent SimmonsJan 15, 2023
@[email protected] They removed RSS like 10 years ago. Or more. NetNewsWire is using the Twitter API, just like the apps that have been shut down. (But I’d bet that NetNewsWire is not on their radar at all.)
Show threadEric BlairJan 15, 2023
@brentsimmons Thanks for calling this out!
Show threadGavin WigginsJan 15, 2023
@brentsimmons So is this feature going to get shutdown too along with all the other twitter apps? Or is NetNewsWire not using the Twitter API?
Show threadBrent SimmonsJan 15, 2023
@[email protected] NetNewsWire is using the Twitter API, and it could get shut down, yes. But NetNewsWire is probably not on Twitter’s radar the way apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are.