I just requested access to the database @freediver so hopefully it should be integrated into https://hcker.news soon.
I appreciate Kagi's community-driven approach. The open Small Web list[0] is invaluable. Applying a smallweb filter[1] on HN brings a breath of fresh air to the frontpage.
I like the effort, but it's super restrictive. They exclude all of Substack on principle (but weirdly, allow blogspot.com and wordpress.com). They exclude anything that isn't a blog. And they exclude blogs that aren't updated often enough.
The end result is that there's a lot of "small web" stuff that doesn't show up. Looking at my bookmarks, I think 90% of them are in the "small web" category in spirit, but maybe 10% have any chance of appearing on the Kagi list.
Substack is definitely outside my idea of what “the small web” means (I realise this isn’t well defined and will mean different things to different people, though).
It’s a platform and social network of sorts, rather than a neutral hosting provider and it’s too often used in a way that’s inauthentically commercial IMO.
I understand the substack exclusion. The paywall is not user friendly.
If you don't mind, it'd be cool to take a look at your bookmark domains so that I could potentially augment the filter on my site. If you're interested, my email is in bio.
I just requested access to the database @freediver so hopefully it should be integrated into https://hcker.news soon.
I appreciate Kagi's community-driven approach. The open Small Web list[0] is invaluable. Applying a smallweb filter[1] on HN brings a breath of fresh air to the frontpage.
0: https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb
1: https://hcker.news/?smallweb=true
I like the effort, but it's super restrictive. They exclude all of Substack on principle (but weirdly, allow blogspot.com and wordpress.com). They exclude anything that isn't a blog. And they exclude blogs that aren't updated often enough.
The end result is that there's a lot of "small web" stuff that doesn't show up. Looking at my bookmarks, I think 90% of them are in the "small web" category in spirit, but maybe 10% have any chance of appearing on the Kagi list.
Substack is definitely outside my idea of what “the small web” means (I realise this isn’t well defined and will mean different things to different people, though).
It’s a platform and social network of sorts, rather than a neutral hosting provider and it’s too often used in a way that’s inauthentically commercial IMO.
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I understand the substack exclusion. The paywall is not user friendly.
If you don't mind, it'd be cool to take a look at your bookmark domains so that I could potentially augment the filter on my site. If you're interested, my email is in bio.
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Is there a simple way to turn a set of hcker.news feed settings into an RSS feed?
Not yet. I've gotten a bunch of requests for it but I haven't scoped it out yet. Could you send me an email? It'll be helpful to have your input.
Indeed.