{"p":"","h":{"iv":"ROXSYW+cfvEbFHu5","at":"ocxplSQjdRC3tXEtB/9/wg=="}}

So if any server admin types are interested, it should be pretty easy* to run an instance of my RSS to ActivityPub converter as a nice bonus for your users. It lets people with a login on your Mastodon or Hometown server create ActivityPub accounts that are mirrors of RSS feeds (process pictured in attachments). ONLY people with a login to your server can use it, because you don't want to moderate this service for randos

github.com/dariusk/rss-to-acti

*easy for linux server administration, huge lmao

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Darius Kazemi

Note that feeds created here can be followed by anyone on any server, but the people who can make new feeds are limited to your users who have already agreed to your terms of service, and who you can suspend etc if they use this RSS mirror thing poorly.

I tried running a public version of this and it was overwhelmed by spammers and also I had to keep track of like... taking down harassment-focused RSS feeds etc. Easier to just limit it to people I trust.

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irwin

@darius Oh man. This just makes so much sense. And makes me wonder what happened to Jorn Barger.

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Brecht Savelkoul

@darius Do I need to be the admin of a Mastodon/Hometown server to make this work, or can I just run a server and decide that all *@fedi.example.com accounts can add feeds?

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Nemo_bis 🌈

@darius How does this compare to the #Pleroma feature?

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manetta

@darius Very nice, i would love to try it! Do the RSS posts show up in the local timeline of the instance? Just wondering if it could become a bit spammy for the other people on the instance if multiple feeds are added.

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Severák

@darius it's possible to see output of this mirror script somehow? I tried to follow longreads from your screenshot but it does not works for reasons unkwnown to me.

I am running small social network called kyselo.eu and this script will be great for mirror our shitposting into fedi.

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Tio
@darius Is this like Friendica's built in feature where you can follow any RSS feed and also make it autopost on as your account?
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Thomas W

@darius bookmarking ! Thanks for sharing!

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wirehead

@darius Interesting! I might have to play with that once I fix a few other things.

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Tony Stubblebine

@darius Bookmarked. Thank you!

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Fangh

@darius So if I want to follow WebsiteA rss feed, I need to ask the admin of my instance to run this tool on the server and then I will be able to add RSS feed into it and it will "magically" create mastodon account of this rss feed ?

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Adam ♿

@darius say I spin up a stack of these feeds, am I increasing the load on my home server?

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Anil Dash

@darius You don’t have a glitch starter for this, right?

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