Fresh feeds
A feed is checked as often as it actually publishes
Reader measures each feed's rate and fetches it on that rhythm. A news site posting all day is fetched every 15 min; a blog that posts monthly is left alone until it might have something.
The same schedule on every plan.
Harbor Dailyreader.sergiodxa.com/reading/harbor-daily
What you get
Fresh without hammering anybody's server
One fetch per feed
A feed is fetched once however many people follow it, so ten thousand readers of one site cost that site one request.
Only what changed
Each fetch sends back the validators the site gave last time, so an unchanged feed answers with nothing to download.
Pushed when the site offers it
A site with a WebSub hub tells Reader the moment it publishes; the schedule stays on in case a push goes missing.
How it works
From a new follow to a steady rhythm
Follow a feed or a site
Paste the feed's address, or the site's, and Reader finds the feed it advertises.Its history arrives
If the feed publishes archives or pages, up to 500 older posts come in behind the follow.It settles into its rhythm
After a day of hourly checks, the feed is fetched at the interval its own publishing rate earns.
96
fetches a day for a feed as busy as Harbor Daily
- 10+ posts a day15 min
- 2.5+ posts a day1 h
- 0.7+ posts a day4 h
- 0.3+ posts a day12 h
- Under 0.3 posts a day1 d
A feed that has gone quiet waits 7 d between fetches
Features
More of what Reader does
Filters that read like sentences
Drop the sponsored posts, flag the releases, mark the press notes read.
The whole article, in place
Open a post and read the article behind it, with the publisher named and the original a click away.
Search with quotes, OR and minus
Find a phrase as written, either of two words, or leave a word out.
FAQ
Questions about freshness
Can I check a feed right now?
Yes. Every feed's page has Check feed, and the queue has Check all, on top of the schedule.
What happens to a feed that stops publishing?
After a month with nothing new it is checked weekly, and it moves to the Quiet group at the bottom of your sidebar.
What if a site is down?
Reader backs off and tries again later, and the feed's page tells you what the last check found.
Follow a feed and watch it arrive
Sign in, import your list or follow a feed, and read newest first.