Let's DU Feedalot!

[Ian David]

Okay, here's the deal:

This is a free RSS reader service.
http://www.feedalot.com

They maintain a "What's Hot" list of recommended news sources.

In order to get onto the "What's Hot" list, we only need at least 4 people subscribed to the DU Latest Breaking News RSS feed through the Feedalot service.

If we want to get onto the front page of the "What's Hot" list we need at least 45 people.

Once you've gotten your free account, be sure to subscribe to this feed:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/rss/lbn_feed.php

If you decide you want to actually use the service (I give it mixed reviews) then please don't subscribe to anything else from the "what's hot" list, or you'll just bump DU further down the list.

[terrya]

1. I just did

[Ian David]

2. Thanks! I know this is a little more work than DUing a poll. But...

if you have a palmpilot, you just might want to keep using the Feedalot service.

However, it's quite cumbersome on my Verizon LG cellphone browser.

On my cellphone, it's not worth logging-on from a public bathroom for five minutes to poop and check your newsfeeds ("double-downloading"). But if you're going to be stuck somewhere for half an hour or so, it's worth it.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I'm there.

Thanks

Joani



:hi:

[Hugin]

4. Great idea!

Finally some PROGRESSIVE thinking!

(Uh, what's RSS?)

Talk slowly... I'm an old guy.

[Ian David]

5. Okay, first I'll introduce you to Google...

Google: http://www.Google.com

The Essentials of Google Search

Doing a search on Google is easy. Simply type one or more search terms (the words or phrase that best describe the information you want to find) into the search box and hit the 'Enter' key or click on the Google Search button.

In response, Google produces a results page: a list of web pages related to your search terms, with the most relevant page appearing first, then the next, and so on.

More:
http://www.google.com/help/basics.html

For example:

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,180,000,000 for rss. (0.16 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?&q=rss

And now, RSS:


What Is RSS
by Mark Pilgrim
December 18, 2002


RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS: the "recent changes" page of a wiki, a changelog of CVS checkins, even the revision history of a book. Once information about each item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way.

RSS-aware programs called news aggregators are popular in the weblogging community. Many weblogs make content available in RSS. A news aggregator can help you keep up with all your favorite weblogs by checking their RSS feeds and displaying new items from each of them.

More:
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html