So if any server admin types are interested, it should be pretty easy* to run an instance of my RSS to ActivityPub converter as a nice bonus for your users. It lets people with a login on your Mastodon or Hometown server create ActivityPub accounts that are mirrors of RSS feeds (process pictured in attachments). ONLY people with a login to your server can use it, because you don't want to moderate this service for randos
Note that feeds created here can be followed by anyone on any server, but the people who can make new feeds are limited to your users who have already agreed to your terms of service, and who you can suspend etc if they use this RSS mirror thing poorly.
I tried running a public version of this and it was overwhelmed by spammers and also I had to keep track of like... taking down harassment-focused RSS feeds etc. Easier to just limit it to people I trust.
Oh right and the ultimate point of this is you can do stuff like make a list of blogs you follow and use your Mastodon/Hometown as a feed reader. So for example, I have a "Subreddits" list full of updates from the "weekly top posts" feed of subreddits I follow. And another list for blogs that friends write, etc.
this is very cool Darius!! I'm currently talking to friends and comrades about maybe starting a server but I think now the question is: what is the value-add to a closed space like a discord. cool stuff like this might be it
Thank you for trying. I was building a site called "Feed Me Weird Things" in the nascent days of RSS and I bet this would have been the outcome. That saves me some time wondering what would have been
Where you find DMs really depends on what app you're using. If you're on the web client on desktop it is in the right hand menu. (screenshot attached). On mobile web, you click the hamburger menu in the upper right and it appears in a list. (another screenshot attached) As for the apps, I am not sure, they're all different
Do I need to be the admin of a Mastodon/Hometown server to make this work, or can I just run a server and decide that all *@fedi.example.com accounts can add feeds?
Does this web server do something with incoming message, like for example a Mastodon account replying to a post? Or does all that stuff go straight to /dev/null?
Does this server do something with incoming messages by the way, like for example a Mastodon account replying to a post? Or does all that stuff go straight to /dev/null?
I do not know about that feature. If Pleroma just has a built-in RSS reader, mine is different because it creates ActivityPub posts that can be boosted, discussed, etc. If Pleroma fully converts the feeds to ActivityPub actors then there's no difference!
I am guessing it's the former, then. Basically a private feed reader that merges with your timeline, rather than a true actor on the network that many people can interact with and discuss
Very nice, i would love to try it! Do the RSS posts show up in the local timeline of the instance? Just wondering if it could become a bit spammy for the other people on the instance if multiple feeds are added.
it's possible to see output of this mirror script somehow? I tried to follow longreads from your screenshot but it does not works for reasons unkwnown to me.
I am running small social network called kyselo.eu and this script will be great for mirror our shitposting into fedi.
what do you mean by "does not work" to follow longreads? If you don't see any posts in the feed that's normal, it will only start appearing to you once they fill in.
So if I want to follow WebsiteA rss feed, I need to ask the admin of my instance to run this tool on the server and then I will be able to add RSS feed into it and it will "magically" create mastodon account of this rss feed ?
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I'm not sure, but I believe @cybersecurity is an example of a "contact" created by importing an RSS feed.
How to: import Atom RSS Feed · friendica/friendica Wiki
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