Comments on: Unclutter unwanted content in your RSS reader with Yahoo! Pipes

By: Bob Dobolina

Bob Dobolina — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:20:47 +0000

I like the ‘A Year Ago’ posts, as I recently discovered your site, and think that even old posts become new again if you never got around to doing them.

But I DO like what Pipes offers, and will be using it to filter other RSS feeds from other sites.

Thank you Unclutterer!!!

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:37:01 +0000

I struggled with Pipes for a while, then gave up. Much obliged.

By: loriborealis

loriborealis — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:13:26 +0000

Since I can’t comment there and THIS post is about ‘year ago’ posts – I just read the post about decluttering your purse.

SHEESH some of those comments were brutal! One person even wrote “you can BE SO sexist” (to Erin, A WOMAN) cos she included things like pantyhose! The comment was that people who struggle with their identity might look at a list and take it as the end all be all. Hmmm — I’m of the mindset that 99% of people, identity crisis or not, aren’t that stupid and can decide for themselves from ANY list what they want or need. It really IS just a simple list – nothing more or less. I mean honestly people.

Sorry. Had to get that out.

By: PlantingOaks

PlantingOaks — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:35:02 +0000

Thanks for the option & the how-to! I like the idea of the ‘one year ago’ items, because, like the old tv slogan, ‘if you haven’t read it, it’s new to you’.
But since I did read it a year ago, I’ll be taking advantage of the filter to unclutter this and other feeds.

I’m particularly keen to ‘break up’ some of the higher volume sites into categories, so I don’t have to read everything all at once. Great tip.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:19:04 +0000

I like the year ago articles and I often click on them. One thing I do find a little annoying is that we can’t comment on them!

By: T

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:50:22 +0000

AideRSS is a good way to filter noise too.

By: Niels

Niels — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:11:21 +0000

Thanks for this great tip!

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:50:36 +0000

I’m one of your older readers, age wise I mean.I appreciate the one year ago segment because I need to revisit things several time before they click.As for the pipe thing,maybe in a year or so. Thanks for helping this old farmer get it together.

By: GTD Wannabe

GTD Wannabe — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:30:48 +0000

I’ll admit to already using pipes to remove those “a year ago” posts from your feed. (I’ve been reading more than a year, so I figure it’s okay ).

Pipes are a great idea. I have a handful of feeds that I read after filtering “stuff” out of. I know it doesn’t take long to just click through undesirable topics, but I found that I was getting irritated every time I saw a post I knew I wasn’t going to read. Using pipes lets me unclutter my feeds and make my reading more enjoyable.

And just so you don’t feel bad, I only filter out the “a year ago” posts from Unclutterer. On the other hand, Lifehacker is reduced by a good dozen titles

By: Nathan Bowers

Nathan Bowers — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:49:13 +0000

Another good filter is “scrub Xeni’s posts from BoingBoing”

I use Yahoo Pipes to merge shared items from Google Reader and Delicious bookmarks so I can publish them to my blog sidebar in one click. Pipes even filters the posts for uniqueness. You can read about how to do this here: http://nathanbowers.com/techno.....hoo-pipes/

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:04:51 +0000

I like the A Year Ago posts, but I’m a pretty recent immigrant to Unclutterer. I can see where others might find them annoying. Still, nice of you to provide a way for people to avoid content they would rather not see. Even though I won’t be taking advantage of it, I appreciate the effort.

By: Aeon J. Skoble

Aeon J. Skoble — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:05:17 +0000

No, I LIKE the “one year ago” — I’ve only been reading a couple months, and I’ve found lots of great advice in the “one year ago” posts. How hard is it to scroll down a bit?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:35:07 +0000

You Rock! Talk about walkin’ the talk! Thank you.

By: alphasqix

alphasqix — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:12:22 +0000

THIS IS GENIUS.

Genius!!

By: Lise

Lise — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:01:42 +0000

I just wanted to say I DO like the “A Year Ago” posts, because I wasn’t reading a year ago, and I like to see what I missed. Even if they’re articles I’ve managed to find while browsing the site, I appreciate the reminder that they’re there.