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Life & fun · December 30, 2022

RSS Brain

I wrote an RSS reader called RSS Brain recently. The motivate is the current RSS readers either don't sort articles by priority, which makes it hard to read posts from HackerNews and Reddit, or sort it with some "smart" algorithm which I don't trust. I also like the Google News feature that can show related story from different source, but the sources are not configurable and the algorithm is not transparent either. So with RSS Brain, I implemented these features: * Recommend related articles from the feeds of your choice. It's backed by ElasticSearch and the algorithm is described on RSS…

RSS Brain launched on December 30, 2022 with 139 votes, #261 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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In plain words

RSS Brain is an RSS reader that prioritizes articles based on upvotes and time, similar to Reddit's ranking system. It recommends related articles from user-selected feeds using Elasticsearch, with a transparent algorithm. The tool also lets users save search terms into folders to filter content. It's designed for people reading high-volume feeds like HackerNews and Reddit who want clear prioritization instead of opaque "smart" sorting algorithms.

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From the sources

Supports upvotes and comment count from forums like Reddit and HackerNews. Option to sort posts by score. The sorting score is based on upvotes and post date. The algorithm is transparent so you don't need to worry about being manipulated by algorithms. Powered by transparent algorithms , RSS Brain shows related articles from your subscriptions. RSS Brain supports multiple recommendation sections for a feed. For each recommendation section, you can choose a folder or a feed to find articles. Click the "Add more" button under the article to add a recommendation section. Tired of irrelevant results in search engines? Use RSS Brain to search a selection of websites from your subscriptions. Try…from rssbrain.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

I wrote an RSS reader called RSS Brain recently. The motivate is the current RSS readers either don't sort articles by priority, which makes it hard to read posts from HackerNews and Reddit, or sort it with some "smart" algorithm which I don't trust. I also like the Google News feature that can show related story…

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