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Mastodon generates an RSS feed for every user. Check out their web profile pages and look in the HTML header. Most popular RSS readers will just pick it up if y

Mastodon generates an RSS feed for every user. Check out their web profile pages and look in the HTML header. Most popular RSS readers will just pick it up if you paste the profile URL in.

gvurrdon 9y ago
That could be rather useful - many thanks. As an aside, I used to follow various organisations' RSS feeds from Facebook, before that was shut down. It was a great way to keep up with their activities.
- ColinWright 9y ago
  I think technically it's an "atom" feed, and I'm not hip enough to know the exact difference, but there is certainly come kind of feed there. https://<MastodonInstance>/users/<UserName>.atom https://<MastodonInstance>/users/<UserName>.atom
  - rainbowmverse 9y ago
    Atom was Google's answer to RSS back when they cared about an open web. As far as I can tell, everything that handles RSS also handles Atom, and they're exposed in the header in the same way. Firefox users can right click on the browser chrome, go to Customize, and add a subscribe button that lights up when a page has a feed. It's not as snug a fit as what used to go in the address bar, but it still works.
    - ColinWright 9y ago
      I'm not sure what this means: > Firefox users can right click on the browser chrome, ... ... but I've made a note of your comment, and when I get time I'll go hunting to find out how it works. It seems to me that RSS/Atom/Subscription is going to make a comeback. Technical people are moving off other platforms and putting their output on their own sites, so some sort of subscription management is the way to go. Maybe. We'll see. Thank for the reply.
      - rainbowmverse 9y ago
        I should have linked to the help page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-contr...
        ColinWright 9y ago
        Cool - thanks - much appreciated.

Mastodon generates an RSS feed for every user. Check out their web profile pages and look in the HTML header. Most popular RSS readers will just pick it up if you paste the profile URL in.

gvurrdon 9y ago

That could be rather useful - many thanks. As an aside, I used to follow various organisations' RSS feeds from Facebook, before that was shut down. It was a great way to keep up with their activities.

ColinWright 9y ago
I think technically it's an "atom" feed, and I'm not hip enough to know the exact difference, but there is certainly come kind of feed there. https://<MastodonInstance>/users/<UserName>.atom https://<MastodonInstance>/users/<UserName>.atom
- rainbowmverse 9y ago
  Atom was Google's answer to RSS back when they cared about an open web. As far as I can tell, everything that handles RSS also handles Atom, and they're exposed in the header in the same way. Firefox users can right click on the browser chrome, go to Customize, and add a subscribe button that lights up when a page has a feed. It's not as snug a fit as what used to go in the address bar, but it still works.
  - ColinWright 9y ago
    I'm not sure what this means: > Firefox users can right click on the browser chrome, ... ... but I've made a note of your comment, and when I get time I'll go hunting to find out how it works. It seems to me that RSS/Atom/Subscription is going to make a comeback. Technical people are moving off other platforms and putting their output on their own sites, so some sort of subscription management is the way to go. Maybe. We'll see. Thank for the reply.
    - rainbowmverse 9y ago
      I should have linked to the help page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-contr...
      - ColinWright 9y ago
        Cool - thanks - much appreciated.