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How do people discover new feeds? Are there any nice collections of blogs or are people just accumulating them over the years based on HN posts?

ferociouskite56 1y ago
Google News Alerts
simonw 1y ago
If a website looks like a blog there's a high chance it has a feed and is probably using HTML metadata to advertise it, like this: <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom" href="/atom/everything/"> Most feed readers know how to read that, so you can paste the URL of the blog itself into e.g. NetNewsWire and it will locate that rel="alternate" link and subscribe that way.
- Avamander 1y ago
  Yeah, but this doesn't solve the question of actually finding relevant blogs with feeds in the first place.
  - simonw 1y ago
    Follow links to articles on blogs from places like Hacker News. If you like what the author is saying, subscribe - then watch out for other blogs they reference in their future writing. Try to find link blogs, since those are more likely to help you discover other things to read.
mike-cardwell 1y ago
I view the webpage source and search for the strings "rss", "atom" and "feed" until I find one. I currently have 145 feeds. I follow blogs, news, I get updates about local events, I follow youtube channels, I get notified about new releases from various github repos, follow updates on various status pages, follow various subreddits etc.
8organicbits 1y ago
Feed discovery is a challenge, but there are a number of current efforts to make it easier. Far too many to list here. Briefly: There are curated lists: - https://blogroll.org/ https://blogroll.org/ - https://minifeed.net/ https://minifeed.net/ Community lists (planets) - https://planet.debian.org/ https://planet.debian.org/ - https://www.planetpython.org/ https://www.planetpython.org/ Curated themes (like Bluesky starter packs): - https://minifeed.net/lists https://minifeed.net/lists - https://www.youneedfeeds.com/starter-packs https://www.youneedfeeds.com/starter-packs Webrings are cool again: - https://webring.xxiivv.com/ https://webring.xxiivv.com/ - https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm This collection of HN blogs is pretty good too: - https://github.com/outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs https://github.com/outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs - https://blogs.hn/about https://blogs.hn/about I've been trying to aggregate many of these into a giant list, https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/ https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/, which is especially focused on OPML blogrolls: https://alexsci.com/blog/blogroll-network/ https://alexsci.com/blog/blogroll-network/
- elcapitan 1y ago
  Wow, thank you for this, that is a really great collection of resources!

ferociouskite56 1y ago

Google News Alerts

simonw 1y ago

If a website looks like a blog there's a high chance it has a feed and is probably using HTML metadata to advertise it, like this: <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom" href="/atom/everything/"> Most feed readers know how to read that, so you can paste the URL of the blog itself into e.g. NetNewsWire and it will locate that rel="alternate" link and subscribe that way.

Avamander 1y ago
Yeah, but this doesn't solve the question of actually finding relevant blogs with feeds in the first place.
- simonw 1y ago
  Follow links to articles on blogs from places like Hacker News. If you like what the author is saying, subscribe - then watch out for other blogs they reference in their future writing. Try to find link blogs, since those are more likely to help you discover other things to read.

mike-cardwell 1y ago

I view the webpage source and search for the strings "rss", "atom" and "feed" until I find one. I currently have 145 feeds. I follow blogs, news, I get updates about local events, I follow youtube channels, I get notified about new releases from various github repos, follow updates on various status pages, follow various subreddits etc.

8organicbits 1y ago

Feed discovery is a challenge, but there are a number of current efforts to make it easier. Far too many to list here. Briefly: There are curated lists: - https://blogroll.org/ https://blogroll.org/ - https://minifeed.net/ https://minifeed.net/ Community lists (planets) - https://planet.debian.org/ https://planet.debian.org/ - https://www.planetpython.org/ https://www.planetpython.org/ Curated themes (like Bluesky starter packs): - https://minifeed.net/lists https://minifeed.net/lists - https://www.youneedfeeds.com/starter-packs https://www.youneedfeeds.com/starter-packs Webrings are cool again: - https://webring.xxiivv.com/ https://webring.xxiivv.com/ - https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm This collection of HN blogs is pretty good too: - https://github.com/outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs https://github.com/outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs - https://blogs.hn/about https://blogs.hn/about I've been trying to aggregate many of these into a giant list, https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/ https://alexsci.com/rss-blogroll-network/blogrolls/, which is especially focused on OPML blogrolls: https://alexsci.com/blog/blogroll-network/ https://alexsci.com/blog/blogroll-network/

elcapitan 1y ago
Wow, thank you for this, that is a really great collection of resources!