Hey all. Quick question for everyone:

I'll sometimes receive Modmail inquiries from users/companies seeking permission to post a thread to promote their product release or looking for beta testers.

This violates rule #3 "No Self-Promotion or Advertising", however I do think some of the products that come through could be genuinely helpful for the community and small businesses.

I'm considering a few options:

• Relax the rule and allow these posts
• Constrain product self-promotion posts to a dedicated/pinned "Product Promotion" Megathread where all of these types of posts can go in order to avoid front-page spam. Self-promotion of services would not be allowed in this thread and will still not be allowed in the subreddit - only products.
• Keep strict policy - no advertising whatsoever.

Thanks for the feedback!

Hey everyone! I’m super excited to share a major update to the RSS Dashboard plugin: v2.2.0.

This is my first contribution to the project, originally created by u/TheConvolutedFire
( GitHub: https://github.com/amatya-aditya )

I’ve added a lot of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements to make it more useful and more competitive with premium RSS readers.

Highlights in 2.2.0

• Full cross-platform mobile and tablet support
• Word/phrase highlighting with custom colors
• Advanced include/exclude rules for words and phrases (global or per-feed)
• Native Twitter/X support
• Improved podcast and YouTube player experience
• New Feed View mode (social media style cards)
• Sidebar upgrades - drag and drop, customizable unread badges, customizable toolbar
• Kagi Smallweb integration - new feeds refresh every 5 hours

Why switch to RSS Dashboard?

• Open-source project: no ads, no popups, no paywalls, no tracking
• Articles are stored locally, so you keep full control of your data
• Saved articles include pre-populated metadata/frontmatter for easier linking of keywords, topics, and notes (great for research)
• Highly customizable, and you can always contribute new features yourself

There are also many, many more changes in the repo changelog and release docs.

The new version of the plugin is available now in the Obsidian Community Plugin marketplace or can be installed manually via https://github.com/amatya-aditya/obsidian-rss-dashboard/releases/tag/2.2.0

If you run into issues or have ideas for future improvements, please reach out on Discord or feel free to open up a Github Issue report.

Thanks for checking it out and happy reading!

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RSS Dashboard Repo: https://github.com/amatya-aditya/obsidian-rss-dashboard

RSS Dashboard Discord: https://discord.com/invite/9bu7V9BBbs

My Github: https://github.com/marcd35