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Before anyone asks: I'm aware I am missing terms & privacy policy. Been really busy coding new features and fixing stuff to get this "beta" version at a minimum acceptable level. Will work on that soon.

Until then, if you really want to know:

- There are no trackers or analytics of any kind

- There are no cookies (except the ones needed for basic functions like session)

- Passwords are encrypted (shouldn't need to say this, but... ;))

- Data is not sent anywhere outside, or sold/provided to any third-party

I like it. I like it a lot. I’ve had a sort of similar notion around RSS feeds in my head for a long time, and this does some of what’s in my brain, namely a different way of surfacing and commenting on relevant content. Will keep playing!

thanks, thats great to hear! I feel quite unmotivated right now, was expecting a bit more excitement from the more tech-oriented people. Lets see where it goes :) I want to get RSS-bridge to work at least for a couple of major sources (youtube, twitter, IG)

Take care that you don't burn out, you have been pumping out releases lately like a team of 10. Keep up the great work!

actually feel a little burnt out today... so I'm slowing down now that all major things are done. rss-bridge will come "when it's ready" ;)

Really liking it, the idea of rss feeds in social media is unique. I feel this is great.

Is it similar to Twitter with additional functionality of subscribing to external RSS feed?

No, its really nothing like twitter. But I intend to be able to fetch twitter feeds as well

You reinvented OStatus and Salmon?

Not really, different functionality. I'm basically allowing users to create aggregators, and building social features on top of that. Then publishing that aggregated content back to RSS feeds.

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