[boyter]

Hmmm feature... not really.

I did have a website that pulled multiple RSS feeds (thousands) and then parsed each entry matching it to others that it had seen before. It could then show you what was popular at any moment on the web, with the ability to see what the article was linked to, and what they were linked to. It showed some interesting things like how a website was effected by something happening on the world stage.

The idea was you could find what was hot on the web at any one time. Nobody really showed any interest in it though.

Reason... I didnt want to pony up the money to put a live version on the web due to not knowing how the producers of the RSS feeds would fee. So there was never anything more then a demo concept.

[dotBen]

not knowing how the producers of the RSS feeds would fee

If I understand what you are saying then I don't think there would be any. It sounds like a neat project, where can we take a look?

[boyter]

*feel.

Should be how they would feel about it.

Its somewhat discontinued. I may spin it up again someday, as everything is there minus the database with data. If I ever do, I will post it on HN for people to have a look.

EDIT - I will have a go at spinning it up tonight actually. It should be pretty easy to do in theory.