![]() But now, I just received an e-mail from it which regurgitated sixty old items, which existed long before the time before I created the alert for the very search which found those items. RSS refresh intervals can be tuned, like once an hour or whatever, and they execute exactly as specified. Click the Subscribe to this feed using: tab to bring up a drop-down menu. If it's something hard to find and in demand, someone will snag it before you. Subscribe to Craigslists RSS feeds to receive instant updates on postings. It takes hours and hours to report on a new item. It works sporadically the e-mails are not timely. ![]() I noticed the e-mail alerts feature next to the search box, so I created an account to try it out. Repeat the same search and the same crap is there. None of this is possible with the regular Craiglist web UI. The items are beautifully condensed in a tight list view. I could delete unwanted items and thereby make them disappear forever. I would set up complex searches, "RSS them", and just watch items drip into the mail-inbox-like UI abstraction of the feed reader. This is the tool we’re going to use to get the custom Craigslist searches delivered to you. I would set up complex searches, 'RSS them', and just watch items drip into the mail-inbox-like UI abstraction of the feed reader. You’ve probably seen these before on sites all over the Web if you didn’t know, that stands for Really Simple Syndication (Wikipedia). With this dumb move, Craigslist has become monumentally less usable. With this dumb move, Craigslist has become monumentally less usable.Ĭraigslist was my main use case for RSS. Enlarge the above photo to the left and you’ll see that I circled the orange RSS link. I had it in the back of my mind to set up some feeds I was moments away from finding out first-hand that the feature is not there when I spotted this story on HN. I very infrequently use Craigslist, but as a coincidence I just started looking for something as this HN submission came out.
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