• mbirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.ml
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    1 hour ago

    I’d still like some algorithm in my RSS aggregator. One, that detects articles talking about the same thing and groups them.

    • TechSquidTV@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 minutes ago

      Ya. I’m working on that too. And trying to keep in the spirit of not being biased or heavy on algorithms.

      My first step - A chrome/firefox extension. This is currently in review on the web store. This exposes RSS feeds on sites you visit to make it easier to subscribe to the places you already visit. This is especially great when you find a great blog on Reddit or Hacker News. https://github.com/TechSquidTV/Tuvix-Tricorder-Extension

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    3 hours ago

    I have a feeling this will be unceremoniously killed and forked into two different projects.

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      3 hours ago

      Huh, the connection was actually intentional, albeit definitely not for that reason

      Why “Tuvix”?

      Tuvix is named after a character from Star Trek: Voyager who was created by merging two individuals into one. The name came to mind when thinking about one of Tuvix’s core features: merging multiple RSS sources into a new public feed. And who doesn’t love a good Star Trek reference?

      We believe the best reading experience doesn’t require sophisticated algorithms or endless personalization. It just requires giving you the tools to find and organize content you care about.

      https://tuvix.app/about/

    • TechSquidTV@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 hours ago

      AGPL v3. Take that as you may. I’m *open *to changing it. I just wanted to give the project a chance to thrive without someone just hosting it as a paid app and calling it a day. That makes it so that if anyone does want to create a commercial product from this, they would need to offer up the source. My monetization plans only extend to possibly offering an additional plan on the hosted version to help cover hosting costs (which right now are $10 a month and I am covering that, it may become $30 a month if this gets popular).

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    3 hours ago

    While I support the idea of using RSS readers to break free from algorithmic and/or AI curated feeds, I’ve mostly stopped bothering, since all the content that gets into the feeds has become algorithmic, AI slop.

    There’s just no escaping it these days.

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      2 hours ago

      While super fair and accurate, I take this as an opportunity to follow much smaller blogs. When I find a good post on Hacker News or stumble upon someone through my research, I now actively make a point to subscribe to their RSS.

      TBH my original motive was to find good sources of content to submit to Hacker News… but all the same.

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        2 hours ago

        lol I started to reply, suggesting a recommendation feature to help find non-algorithmic tech feeds but then realized that’s exactly how all this started.

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          2 hours ago

          😆 . It’s a real problem though. So is prioritization. Algorithms aren’t bad, dark patterns are. The main issue with any algorithm, even if fully open, it, by definition, has to be biased in some way. I’m going to save this problem for much further down the road, but for discovery, I took the first step on that.

          Tricorder! https://github.com/TechSquidTV/Tuvix-Tricorder-Extension

          I broke out the package that does the feed discovery in tuvix and publish it separately. Now you can use it as a chrome plugin to add a subscribe page to any website. It is currently pending review on the Chrome web store. I haven’t yet submitted to Firefox or others.

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      2 hours ago

      I guess getting a flip phone and stick to an eBook reader would be a good solution