Pretty straightforward: we index about 200 social media feeds into typesense, present them via Flask and a vanilla js client, by media type and descending timestamp, use feedgen to provide a RSS feed, and drive traffic to the original content creators.
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brunohaid•6mo ago
Even in the year 2025 of the great enshittocene, if you put something on the internet, it should be possible for people to consume it the way they want. Including the very simple question: what‘s new since I last checked?
This example is for plant/fungi/biodiversity nerds, but maybe also a template for others to build more bridges in and out of algorithmic monopoly silos. To, y‘know, make the world more open and connected.
tosh•6mo ago
How do you filter spam/noise?
Curating the feeds? Also something automatic?
brunohaid•6mo ago
Hand curated by topic, and then simple admin overlay to hide posts that are promos etc, so a bit of curation there.
There are some feeds that sometimes have great content, but also bunch of promo etc noise, so it's a bit tricky to decide who makes the cut.
brunohaid•6mo ago
This example is for plant/fungi/biodiversity nerds, but maybe also a template for others to build more bridges in and out of algorithmic monopoly silos. To, y‘know, make the world more open and connected.