The use case I have in mind: say for example, I read a lot of articles about a certain topic, such as Linux or chemistry or whatever. I want to combine the articles I write into a singular feed, and for others to be able to follow it. Call it “Alex’s Linux Feed”.

Another use case: Suppose I follow a news source (like washington post), but maybe I dont like the formatting of their feed. Maybe it does not have the full article, or maybe it is not organized right (sports news is mixed with political news, and I want to separate them right). So I create my own feed where I organize those same posts better.

The reason this would be a platform because the user should not be burdened with hosting it (even if it is not difficult), and it should be searchable.

Is there any platform like this of user created RSS feeds?

  • matcha_addict@lemy.lolOPEnglish
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    17 days ago

    This does not address the searchability issue, or the complexity and cost of self hosting. I want less friction for the user who is only focused on publishing and does not care much to own their infrastructure.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
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      17 days ago

      This does not address the searchability issue

      Search will always be a challenge, but my understanding is that WordPress is as well or better optimized for search than any thing else that exists.

      or the complexity and cost of self hosting.

      WordPress is the single most hosted app in existence, I think.

      I want less friction for the user who is only focused on publishing and does not care much to own their infrastructure.

      You just described WordPress.

      Edit: I don’t even like WordPress. Lol. But I still think you’re dismissing a likely 80% or better solution to your problem, if you don’t look into WordPress.