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I first started by moving all my subscriptions to grayjay(where I also disabled the home page), that way I just click the subscriptions tab and there is everything there, you can even create subscription groups if needed. 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I\u2019d like to try out a feature where by self-hosted instance learns what I like and highlights relevant posts in my feed. Then I can go through the other ones later. Main things are that I would control what feeds go in and there is no monetization incentive since it\u2019s self-hosted.", "context": "", "use_case": "RSS reader", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making RSS More Fun"}]}