rss.ponder.cat is live! You can have Lemmy communities fed by RSS news feeds:
A lot of big sites offer feeds for different categories of article, but I’m not sure it is smart to mirror every single one into a Lemmy community. The ones above, for periodicals like the BBC, are only the front page stories, which seems necessary for it not to turn into spam.
The Ars mirror, on the other hand, I broke down by category, at least partly. You can get all the articles:
- !arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat - Every single article
- !arstechnica_features@rss.ponder.cat - Only feature articles
Or, you can subscribe to individual categories of articles:
- !arstechnica_science@rss.ponder.cat
- !arstechnica_gaming@rss.ponder.cat
- !arstechnica_tech@rss.ponder.cat
- !arstechnica_gear@rss.ponder.cat
- !arstechnica_apple@rss.ponder.cat
I’ll see how it goes. I don’t want it to become a source of spam.
If you want to have an RSS feed as a community, ask. They’re easy to add. Just say something and I’ll set it up.
Happy RSSing!
Interesting project!
One problem I forsee with bot-only communities is a lack of discussion. Would it be possible to direct one of these subfeeds to an existing Lemmy community not on rss.ponder.cat? (with the approval of the community of course)