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louisgray.com: louisgray.com: Fav.or.it Opens Up, Reminds Us of Google News for Blogs

  • jp42 · 1 year ago
    errr...just had no so pleasant experience trying to get Fav.or.it to read my feed http://www.very.fm/feed Thought would be fairly straightforward, but not...also signing in with Friend Feed login was a nogo...could be me...but will give it a month or so.
  • Nick Halstead · 1 year ago
    The import process is disabled for a short while - we want to get it right next time round, for the moment content discovery is the name of the game, we aggregate from a fantastic range of feeds and there is something to be found for everyone. If you want a core RSS reader then go use google reader, as Louis explains we are trying to achieve something different. We will long term try and cater for everyone but for now we have to drive in the direction we always planned on.

    On the friend feed problem, were you using your name + apikey? for friendfeed you must use the apikey not your password. If that is still a problem please report it on getsatisfaction.
  • graubart · 1 year ago
    Friendfeed still not working. Tried nickname and remote key but did not work (also tried password just in case but same result) Will cross-post to getsatisfaction
  • jp42 · 1 year ago
    Well that's impressive -- thanks much for the quick response. I totally understand getting these platforms out of "Beta". I am not looking for a core RSS reader I am trying to explore what your platform can do for me as a blog reader as well as creator (www.very.fm). So I attempted to jump in and get started -- i think the idea of pulling blog content together as you're doing further adds to the democratization of content, and that is worth supporting...will give fav.or.it a longer look later today...
  • gregorylent · 1 year ago
    ah, someone else not so fond of news.google.com ... an entire page of pap, algorithm fine tuned for banality, lowest common denominator consumer mind stuff .... scary ... real evil from google
  • gregorylent · 1 year ago
    oh, good, another site i don't need to read .... aggregators of aggregators ... actually makes alltop look pretty cool
  • Steven Finch · 1 year ago
    What I really dont like about sites like this is the fact that they use the content of each blog, then turn it into their own page, so the actual blog and story doesnt get any traffic from the site. So there better be some benefit in terms of link juice or it is just another complete waste of time!