Changelog

Technical improvements, changes, and bugs that, when resolved, need not be mentioned 😁

06/01/2023
- Added a blog post about how RSS feeds may be better for your mental health
- Added a blog post on why browsers need to bring back the built-in RSS button
- Greatly improved the speed of many feeds including Twitter, Under Armour, Eventbrite, Amazon Prime Video, Antonioli, JustWatch, Tumblr, 31 Phillip Lim, CNN, Loewe, and GitHub Discussions feeds
- Added Twitch Blog and TwitCon feeds
- Added Washington Post category and author feeds
- Added USA Today homepage and section feeds
- Added ABC News feeds for homepage, sections, and authors
- BBC feeds now also include video articles
- Stabilized Twitch feeds so they're no longer erroring out randomly
- Fixed issue where reposted items werent appearing in some Odysee feeds
- Fixed odd Latin entities from appearing titles and content of CNN items
- Fixed issue where LinkedIn pages would return 429
- Fixed images and description in Washington Post feeds
- Fixed CNN section feeds
05/22/2023
- Changed the code quite a bit that has greatly improved the performance of many feeds, which was much needed for more popular feeds (like Twitter and GitHub) that were getting rather slow. The feeds aren't even close to being extraordinarily fast yet, but you should see a big improvement while we continue improving their response times.
- Unfortunately, in the process of implementing the big code change for performance, an issue occurred where the wrong feed items were showing up in certain Twitter feeds. This was a major boo boo on our part, and we've taken some critical steps to make sure this doesn't happen again.
- Added Washington Post feeds
- Added Bloomberg feeds
- Added Yahoo! News feeds
- Added CNN feeds
- Added support for "graphic" articles in Reuters feeds
- Updated JustWatch feeds to support TV Series
- Updated Twitter feeds to exclude "promotional" tweets
- Fixed images in Twitter feeds
- Fixed loading issue that caused TikTok feeds to show inaccurate items
- Fixed Twitch feeds when user has no videos
- Removed avatars from showing in TikTok feeds. We didn't want to do this, but TikTok is requiring requests to user avatar images to be signed for a certain amount of time, giving them the ability to track requests at a level that poses an unprecedented security risk. We'll turn these back on when it's safe to do so.
- Fixed issue where Twitch feeds were timing out
- Fixed Ground News feeds (this took us a while, but new feed items are now appearing like before)
- Fixed a small loading issue with some Inquirer feeds
- Fixed issue where some governmentjobs.com feed items were missing content
- Fixed hanging network idle issue with Aljazeera homepage feeds
05/15/2023
- Add NY Times feeds for homepage and sections
- Add BBC feeds for News and Culture sections
- Add Twitch feeds
- Fix rendering issue with Infostormer feed XML content
- Fix Telegram feed error that occurred when a user posted grouped media content
- Improved performance of Twitter feeds
- Fix random error that occurred on Patreon feeds
- Fix Indeed Jobs feeds
- Fix YouTube feed error due to incorrect parsing of originating Channel ID
- Set TikTok username as feed's author
- Fix mytheresa feeds
- Fix JustWatch feeds
05/03/2023
- Added TikTok feeds for user profiles (available for use, but currently still beta testing and should be stable soon)
- Added wired.com feeds
- Added indigoagriculture.com/indigoag.com feeds
- Added lcfc.com News feeds
- Added condenast.com News feed
- Added more Mastodon feeds
- Fixed issue when a WSJ.com feed has a missing or incomplete publisher
- Slightly improved the speed and performance of WSJ.com feeds - still rather slow though, so we're still looking for ways to make these even faster
- Now Twitter feed items include original tweet that was replied to in the description (instead of just in the title) so they can be seen with proper formatting
- Removed snarky but unnecessary headline from Terms page
- Now Github issues feeds include closed issues
- Show error when generating Telegram feed with private content
- Now t.me/:username feed paths are redirected to t.me/s/:username
04/24/2023
- Added Telegram user feeds (t.me and telegram.me)
- Added newegg.com feeds for category pages
- Added webwewant.fyi feeds for "wants" and events
- Improved feed titles and descriptions for Substack publications, podcasts, and newsletters
04/20/2023
- Added Amnesty.org feeds
- Added Latest News feed for 1792exchange.com
- Announced new Substack feeds in a blog post
- Unfortunately, we can't support poa.st feeds, so attempts to any of these feeds will now get an unsupported message
- Fixed issue when a title in JustWatch feeds has no image available
- Improved performance of Aljazeera and Reuters feeds
- Updated a few feeds to automatically redirect to most appropriate place when incorrect URLs are attempted
- Fixed encoding issue where some items were not showing on GitHub Tag feeds
- Fixed a few formatting and improved performance a bit for Mastodon timeline feeds
- Improved performance of Patreon feeds
- Removed redundant description in boosted Mastodon statuses
04/16/2023
- Added Substack Notes feeds which include support for images, podcasts, and posts made to a user's profile
- Added support for Substack feeds with content served from a custom Substack subdomain
- Added micro.blog feeds
- Now internally logging when the domain for a set of feeds hasn't had a new item in a reasonable amount of time, so we can address any potential issues
- Fixed some feed items that didn't pass validation due to lack of image information
- Fixed intermittent Not Found error when Twitter feeds are parsed
- Fixed 31philliplim feed issue caused by lack of a title on their website
- Fixed some hanging Twitter feeds
- Added more Mastodon feeds
04/11/2023
- Added publicsqblog.com feed
- Added 2ndvote.com feed
- Added Daily Wire feed
- Updated About section and shift its focus to just our Mission for now (we'll be writing more in-depth RSS advocacy content on some blog articles we've got coming)
- Added more Mastodon feeds that have been requested. We aren't naming what specific instances they are, because doing so makes them easier for bad actors to target. You'll need to go to the home page and search for the instance to see if one you've requested is supported. Please remember that we only provide working feeds for instances with public content. Private timelines can't and won't be supported.
04/10/2023
- Fixed and re-enabled all YouTube video feeds
- Added Patreon feeds
- Added Eventbrite feeds
- Added home page, company listings and thread feeds for thelayoff.com
- Added zkn.nl feed
- Fixed small issue with Meetup feed content
- Increased size of subscribe button and fix dropdown alignment when viewing feeds in a browser
- Fixed issue where unsupported feed request pages weren't showing correctly
- Fixed intermittent non-existent items in Nowhiteboard.org feeds
- Removed double paragraph tags in Mastodon timeline and user feeds (thanks to the anonymous user who reported this 🍻)
03/29/2023
- Added Indeed Jobs feeds
- Added LinkedIn Jobs feeds
- Fixed RSS Reader subscription URLs
- Added GitHub feeds for refs/tags (and added an example on GitHub blog article)
- Updated search form helper text
- Improved matching algorithm for homepage search box results
- Added BitChute feeds for video comments
- Added AP News hub feed
- Added more mastodon instances
- Fixed issue where upcoming events were not being shown in Meetup Group events feeds
03/26/2023
- Added more feed URL examples to the homepage search box
- Fixed some minor issues with ASOS feeds
- Fixed and re-enabled RSS Reader subscription options when viewing feeds in a browser
- Fixed issue with 31philliplim.com feeds randomly timing out
- Fixed website link colors when view in dark theme
- Added BazQux RSS Reader subscription option when viewing feeds in a browser
- Added 1jeune1solution.gouv.fr emplois feeds
- Fixed minor display issues with Trustpilot feeds
03/19/2023
- Added flipboard.social Mastodon feeds
- Added Apple Podcasts feeds
- Added idler.co.uk Article feeds
- Fixed issue where images were being duplicated in some feeds
- Added dw.com feeds
- Fixed and re-enabled Twitter feeds after Twitter implemented a recent change that prevented our systems from obtaining feed content
- Added a more user-friendly page when navigating to a Feed URL in a browser
- Redirected Github commit feed URLs to Github's own commit feed
- Improved messaging around Mastodon instances that throw gateway errors, no longer exist, restrict content to logged-in users, or are otherwise configured for scenarios that we can't resolve
- Added disclaimer to YouTube feeds blog article until we are finished resolving them (we've made a lot of progress on these, and they should be back soon)
- Added user-friendly examples for some feed URLs in homepage search box (we'll add more of these soon)
- Fixed and update a small parsing issue with a few AP News feeds
- Fixed issue where some Github Discussion feed items were not listed chronologically
- Fixed redirects from legacy blog article locations
- Fixed link on About page
- Fixed homepage search box results for dark themes, and improved its display on smaller screens
03/11/2023
- Implemented a truckload of work that greatly improves the performance of all feeds
- Added verkehrswende.social Mastodon feed
- Added hostux.social Mastodon feed
- Added feed for Osterholm Quotes
- Added indg.club Mastodon feed
- Added our new Privacy Policy which we encourage all users to read asap
- Added limitation of liability from third-party agreement violations to Terms of Use
- Fixed width issue with a few tables on the RSS Feeds immersive page on website
- Fixed a few issues that were causing weirdness and missing items in GitHub issues feeds, pull request feeds, and discussion feeds
- Added proper error when attempting to use a Tumblr feed for a non-existent user
- Fixed issue where Meetup feeds were missing items
- Fixed Allsides feeds
- Fixed Morning Brew feeds
- Fixed Ground News feeds
- Removed support for some Mastodon instances that are unfortunately no longer available
- Added proper messaging when gateway and timeout errors occur on a Mastodon instance
- Added proper error when the content for an antonioli feed doesnt exist
- Fixed Mastodon local, federate, and tag feeds
- Fixed nowhiteboard feeds
- Handled issue that occurred in Twitter feeds when user has no tweets
- Improved messaging around errors that occur in Huffingtonpost feeds due to content being removed from their site
- Added proper error when Mastodon account can't be found
- Improved messaging when content in Ground News feeds no longer exists
- Removed duplicates from Ground News feed items
- Fixed Pocket Cast feeds
- Updated Just Watch feeds to support filtered results
02/27/2023
- Added Odysee.com feeds for both channel and categories
- Added JustWatch.com feeds
- Fixed and reinstate Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) feeds
- Fixed issue where some items weren't appearing in Star Wars News feeds
- Fixed exceeded session requests error in Loewe feeds
- Fixed Morning Brew feeds
- Fixed issue where some feed items weren't ordered by pub date
- Fixed slow performance of Pocket Casts feeds
02/22/2023
- Routed sovren.media, topdocumentaryfilms.com, and wodarg.com feeds to their hard-to-find, yet available RSS feeds
- Added videogameschronicle.com feeds for their homepage and category sections
- Fixed issue where ground.news feeds were not being published
- Fixed and speed up mytheresa feeds
- Cleaned up formatting of Reuters feeds, ditched the embedded ads, and removed other unnecessary text
- Added support for slideshows in Reuters feeds
- Fixed and re-enabled SSENSE feeds
- Added new Terms page to the website, which users should read ASAP
- Added global header and footer to error and 404 pages on website
02/17/2023
- Fixed some issues with Huffington Post feeds
- Fixed issue where some stale feeds weren't updating
- Added technical.ly feeds for their series section
- Fixed loewe feeds
- Added category-specific Reuters feeds
- Fixed Mastodon user feeds
- Added a footer to the website that contains organization and copyright info
- Fixed some minor issues with the website and added some fancy intro animations
- Fixed alignment issues with Table of Contents component on website
- Excluded item errors due to Tweets that no longer exist
- Temporarily disabled Youtube feeds while we fix some pretty big outstanding issues, but we've prioritized getting them back online asap!
- Fixed issue that caused some feeds to show inaccurate data
- Added more Mastodon feeds
02/11/2023
- Fixed issue where duplicate items were appearing in GitHub issue feeds
- Removed issue numbers inadvertently added to some GitHub Issue feed items
- Fixed when sometimes a new GitHub issue took a while to show up in feeds
- Fixed Antonioli feeds due to their website update
- Updated technical.ly feeds after their new site redesign
- Removed FOUC due to a render delay on homepage search box
02/06/2023
- Added requested Jonathan Cook blog feed
- Added Project Veritas news feeds
- Added Github feeds for branch commits
- Adde FetchRSS to recommended list of RSS Generators
- Updated messaging on Mastodon feed errors that are now requiring a login
- Added BitChute feeds (that really just redirect to the RSS feeds already provided on the BitChute site)
- Added Reddit feeds (that also just redirect to Reddit's RSS feed URLs)
02/03/2023
- Added a ton of Mastodon feeds that have been requested -- whew! (you can use the search field on the homepage to check if the one you requested is now available)
- Added a new page on how to use Open RSS feeds
- Added a more immersive RSS Feed page that better educates the public on what RSS Feeds are and how to use them
- Added a fancy little animated navigation to the mobile version of the website, mainly to prepare us for adding more navigation items for all the cool content we've got coming out soon
- Redesigned the layout of the blog listing on the website
- Renamed "News" section to "Blog" and update all URL references to new /blog location
- Fixed parsing issue in Google Careers feeds due to their updated site changes
- Added requested All About The Tea feeds
- Removed unnecessary query parameters in Tumblr feed URL attempts
01/18/2023
- Fixed issue where PRs were appearing in GitHub issues feeds
- Improved error messaging around feed timeout errors
- Improved Twitter feeds to exclude age-restricted tweets because Twitter provides no data for them :(
- Switched to a new, bare-metal server that can better handle the large increase in feed requests and overall usage
- Added francelive.fr feeds
- Added nowhiteboard.org feeds which include job search listings and blog articles
- Improved error handling for cases in feeds where dates are invalid