Sometimes I want to get updates on a news story, and it's small or local so the coverage is sparse. I'd like to get an alert when a new news story or social media post is published.
I think google has something like this. A more private or self hosted one would be nice
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stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi · 8 pts · 2y
Doesn't RSS do the trick?
otter@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
I'm not familiar with how I'd set that up. I usually find an existing RSS feed and follow it
edit: haven't used Google Alerts in a while. Looks like you can have it send an email without tying it to your account. That should work fine
chimay@blendit.bsd.cafe · 3 pts · 2y
some mail clients, like thunderbird, can also handle rss feed, you then have an all-in-one solution.
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
This sounds like the kind of thing you could use Huginn for.. I’m still picking up how to use it expediently but it does sound possible.
Update: I have since abandoned Huginn due to an incredible amount of instability when using it with an external Postgres instance. Can’t say I would recommend it unfortunately