RSS Brain
Productivity
rss reader
SHOW HN2022
139points
76comments
#435of 2,570 in 2022
Top 17%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 11 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful sorting and related-article features
From 2 comments
Easy to create an account and it looks interesting based on exploring and finding both expected and a couple of novel feeds. I would prefer a one row per article format that just…
dave333 on HNI see overlap with an idea I had related to that everyone should have their personal AI. My suggested first step would be to do something like you did. Have an RSS reader where…
juliushuijnk on HN
Algorithm sharing is helpful
From 1 comment
Having made a similar recommendation mechanism recently, I’m so thankful to tell you that your algorithm sharing is really helpful and inspiring to me. Looking forward to see…
novoreorx on HN
Objections
Signup required before seeing the product
From 2 comments
I went to check it out and first thing was asked to open an account. No screenshots, no guest login, just straight to open account. No way to check it out first.
Eddy_Viscosity2 on HNquick feedback: - no information besides "rss reader" before signup and requiring email meant i bounced - why make me choose download vs web app before seeing anything at all? -…
wahnfrieden on HN
Web version broken for password managers and autofill
From 3 comments
Using Flutter is definitely hurting the web version. I considered singing up but it didn't auto-fill my email. Ok, I'll do that manually. But then the password field isn't…
kevincox on HNMaybe it's just me, but I couldn't get 1password to recognize the fields as fillable when creating an account.
devin on HNGreat, thanks a lot for this! PS: on iOS there’re issues with the autocomplete form, rss.brain doesn’t allow iOS to auto fill with email and password to login.
giuliomagnifico on HN
Subscription pricing too high; wants one-time purchase
From 1 comment
$5 / month is a bit stiff. Why not just allow onetime purchase ?
hestefisk on HN
Server component unnecessary and costly
From 1 comment
i'm failing to understand why this needs a server side component. SQLite has built in Full Text search. What's the advantage of using ElasticSearch and having to worry about…
masukomi on HN
Requests
Demo account or sandbox without signup
From 2 comments
Every rss reader should have a sandbox UI where you can at least get a sense of what it looks like and how it works without signing up. I suspect that would help your conversion…
psanford on HN- Please offer the option to test the web app without having to register an account. The data could be static so that it doesn't tax your servers. - Using votes is good, allowing…
s3000 on HN
Self-hosting option
From 2 comments
Tangential: check out FreshRSS (https://www.freshrss.org/), a self-hosted RSS reader.
ceres on HNIf you can add the ability to show multiple feed columns similar to tweetdeck and self hosting and I'm sold!
thewataccount on HN
Multiple feed columns
From 1 comment
If you can add the ability to show multiple feed columns similar to tweetdeck and self hosting and I'm sold!
thewataccount on HN
One row per article list view
From 1 comment
Easy to create an account and it looks interesting based on exploring and finding both expected and a couple of novel feeds. I would prefer a one row per article format that just…
dave333 on HN
Questions
How upvotes are obtained from sites without voting
From 1 comment
Really great to see more RSS-powered stuff! Suggestion: before posting to a technical forum like HN, make sure you have a "technical FAQ" or similar. There were a ton of obvious…
KirillPanov on HN
Whether handling own logins is a security risk
From 2 comments
Some notes: - Privacy policy should direct me to https://www.rssbrain.com/privacy not terms - Selecting email in the support section doesn't work, which the website encourages me…
neontomo on HN> Are you handling your own logins? Seems like a security issue waiting to happen! Can you explain what you mean by "handling your own logins" and what is the norm?
keb_ on HN
Alternatives named
Inoreader
From 1 comment
It looks cool. Unfortunately, your timing sucks because I just tossed money at Inoreader for a year of their service. Hopefully I'll remember you exist next December!
HardwareLust on HN
FreshRSS
From 1 comment
Tangential: check out FreshRSS (https://www.freshrss.org/), a self-hosted RSS reader.
ceres on HN
Feedly
From 1 comment
RSS is awesome. And great to see new innovation like this. The notion of RSS Brain best features seem to depend on having already discovered feeds. Feedly, for example, has a…
ppetty on HN
Gnus
From 1 comment
Looks like Gnus for people that don’t like Emacs. With Gnus, you can using scoring to make your own algorithm to display news in a user defined way. The Gnus manual calls this…
clircle on HN
QuiteRSS
From 1 comment
While I'll stick with QuiteRSS (maybe eventually switch to RSS Guard if I manage to unbroke the UI), I am tremendously happy for every new instance of anything related to RSS. I…
Jorengarenar on HN