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How HN took it
13 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Execution: 5 for, 7 againstIdea: 7 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Some blogs missing because they lack a rel=alternate feed link or the HN karma threshold
From 4 comments
I think my blog is not in the list even though I submitted it in the thread. https://aniddan.com/blog
iddan on HNDidn't work for me and andinfinity.eu, but I'm in the other lists. Any ideas?
RamblingCTO on HNYeah, the best way is to go back to the original post and submit comment there on top level. Make sure HN recognize that as a correct href and your blog has alternative link to…
outcoldman on HNThere seems to be many valid blogs that got skipped due not having the `rel="alternate"` link in the HTML head (mine included). I just added it, as I'm sure others will, so it'd…
sphars on HN
Many RSS readers fail to import the large OPML file
From 3 comments
Thanks for the effort, this is a fantastic resource. I installed 5 RSS reader apps in my Linux Mint machine to test the OPML. 4 of them failed to import the file: Thunderbird,…
zorrolovsky on HN> File exceeds maximum allowed number of subscriptions! Your file contains 659 out of 150 maximum allowed subscriptions for your plan. Alright.. I'm gonna build my own RSS reader…
altilunium on HNI tried importing at feedbin.com, 524 of 598 imported successfully. The failures being a mixture of not found or connection errors and a couple of invalid URL errors
mrloop on HN
OPML is an odd format for a flat list of feeds
From 2 comments
Then why not use RSS, or Atom, or CSV, or HTML, for that matter? That OPML "outline" has no tree structure at all, except for the single top level container item: ``` <outline…
DonHopkins on HNWhy do RSS feeds need to be imported/exported as anything other than RSS feeds? According to this thread, four out of five RSS apps on Linux Mint failed to import the OPML file,…
DonHopkins on HN
Requests
Regenerate the list more often
From 2 comments
When do you plan re-run your crawler? HN users are updating that original HN discussion every minute as we speak! It'll be nice to get an updated list sometime today. Possible?…
distcs on HNThere seems to be many valid blogs that got skipped due not having the `rel="alternate"` link in the HTML head (mine included). I just added it, as I'm sure others will, so it'd…
sphars on HN
Add a combined feed of all feeds
From 1 comment
Is there an easy way to make a feed of feeds? So one RSS feed for all these?
freediver on HN
Lower the karma threshold
From 2 comments
Ugh, just need 20 more karma. Don't know anything about farming karma for hackernews though. Oh well, maybe I'll have to fork and allow users to specify their min karma to record…
JamesonNetworks on HNI will regenerate the list with just 2+ karma. Will let users to figure out what they like or not. 100 was just a random number I used without any idea what is good or bad.
outcoldman on HN
Questions
How to add a blog to the list
From 2 comments
> Make sure HN recognize that as a correct href and your blog has alternative link to rss/atom. Any details on how to do this? My blog (https://blog.nawaz.org/) has an RSS feed…
BeetleB on HNIf possible, could you also add to description for anyone wants to add to your list, to go to original thread and submit ? Currently it seems there're many people fetch from…
revskill on HN
Which RSS reader handles the OPML file
From 2 comments
Now Is the Perfect Time for an RSS Renaissance (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16907298) I hope this list is constantly maintained and updated. Additionally, do you have…
altilunium on HNThanks for the effort, this is a fantastic resource. I installed 5 RSS reader apps in my Linux Mint machine to test the OPML. 4 of them failed to import the file: Thunderbird,…
zorrolovsky on HN
Alternatives named
FreshRSS
From 2 comments
freshrss is nice
skydhash on HNI run freshrss and was able to import it there. Do you get any errors while importing it? I believe also this XML maybe not valid. Will regenerate it a few minutes.
outcoldman on HN
Miniflux
From 1 comment
Recommend checking out https://github.com/miniflux/v2 n.b. I haven't tested importing 600+ feeds!
lukesingham on HN
Inoreader
From 1 comment
I was able to easily import the list into Inoreader.
saeedesmaili on HN
blogs.hn
From 1 comment
I made an alternative list of blogs with links to RSS feeds :) [0] https://blogs.hn
surprisetalk on HN
Feeder
From 1 comment
Just a thanks for this. Wanted something like this from that list but didn't have time. Loaded it into Feeder from fdroid (cheers to dev if here) and although it took a while,…
luxpir on HN