c/meta · by Jerry@rss.ponder.cat · 1y

Did I do this the right way?

I created a community for a great humor RSS feed called Bits and Pieces. I then sent a message, from Mastodon, to @bot@rss.ponder.cat, and I added the following to the message as the only line in the message:

/add https://www.bitsandpieces.us/feed/ bits_and_pieces@rss.ponder.cat

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

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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 1 pts · 1y (5 replies)

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?

Jerry@feddit.online · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

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.

Jerry@rss.ponder.cat · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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 @bot@rss.ponder.cat from Mastodon but I doubt they arrived:

/add https://www.drudgereportfeed.com/rss drudge_report@rss.ponder.cat

/add https://www.fark.com/fark.rss fark@rss.ponder.cat

/add https://www.borowitzreport.com/feed borowitz_report@rss.pondercat

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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:

!bitsandpieces@rss.ponder.cat
!drudgereport@rss.ponder.cat
!borowitzreport@rss.ponder.cat

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?

Jerry@feddit.online · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

tacosanonymous@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

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