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Did I do this the right way? (rss.ponder.cat)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I created a community for a great humor RSS feed called Bits and Pieces. I then sent a message, from Mastodon, to @[email protected], and I added the following to the message as the only line in the message:

/add https://www.bitsandpieces.us/feed/ [email protected]

But there was no response. Did I do it correctly?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

It sounds like you did everything right, but for some reason the bot hasn't gotten the message yet. Does sending a message from Mastodon to Lemmy work? Can you try sending me a message?

Regardless, I added the feed for you, so it should be all set.

Edit: It definitely would be nicer if it would import the body and image, too, although that's a little bit complicated since it would have to translate HTML to markdown, I think. Are you reading this from Mastodon? How do they look to you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I'm actually reading and replying from my PieFed instance.

Thank you for setting up the group for me!

I just sent you a message from my Mastodon instance. Messages to/from Lemmy to/from Mastodon should work.

I just started following both this group and bits_and_pieces from Mastodon and from Friendica. Friendica does recognize both as type "Groups".

I haven't seen a post yet from bits_and_pieces come in to either one yet since I just started following. I'll post here how they look in both applications. In PieFed, what I see is identical to how it shows in Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I sent a message from Mastodon to my PieFed user, and it never came, so I don't think DMs between Mastodon and Lemmy work, after all. I don't know how to DM the bot. I tried sending these three this morning to @[email protected] from Mastodon but I doubt they arrived:

/add https://www.drudgereportfeed.com/rss [email protected]

/add https://www.fark.com/fark.rss [email protected]

/add https://www.borowitzreport.com/feed [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not a problem. Here's what I did: I made communities for all four of the feeds, and I switched to community names without underscores:

I was using a convention before of matching the community name with the hostname part of the URL, just for consistency.

I moved the community images that you made over to the new communities, and made you a mod for all of those communities in case you want to do anything.

I'm a little bit unsure about adding Drudge Report, since some time back it was a huge vehicle for misinformation, but looking at it now, it weirdly enough seems completely fine. Unless some reason comes up to exclude it I don't have a problem with it.

You may have to switch your subscription for bits_and_pieces to the new name, and can you delete the communities with underscores?

Thanks and how does that all sound?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, Phil.

I agree about Drudge, and I ignored the report for years. But, like you, of late, it seems fine, so I've been following it. I too would abandon it if it goes back to misinformation.

[–] CondensedPossum 1 points 3 months ago

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