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How Do You Use CyberFeeds?

New to CyberFeeds? Start here with simple everyday examples to get value from the app in your first five minutes.

Pick the situation that sounds like you, follow two or three steps, and you are done. Each example links to the full guide in case you want more detail later.

1. Read your morning news without doomscrolling

You want your favorite sites in one calm place, no algorithms, no endless social feed.

  1. Click Add Feed and paste the address of a blog or news site you like, for example your favorite tech blog.
  2. Click Preview to check it looks right, then Subscribe.
  3. Repeat with 5 or 10 sites. Every morning, open CyberFeeds and use the Unread filter to see only what is new.

Tip: use folders like News, Tech, and Hobbies to keep things tidy from day one.

Learn more: Feed Management, Article Management

2. Follow YouTube channels without the algorithm

You want new videos from channels you chose, in chronological order, with no recommendations pulling you away.

  1. Copy a YouTube channel URL, it can be a handle like youtube.com/@ChannelName, a video URL, or a playlist.
  2. Click Add Feed in CyberFeeds and paste it.
  3. Click Preview, then Subscribe. New videos now appear as articles with a thumbnail and a play button.

Tip: in Settings, Reading, you can choose to play videos inside CyberFeeds or open them in your browser.

Learn more: YouTube Channels

3. Follow Reddit without opening Reddit

You want posts from a few communities, without comments rabbit holes or the front page.

  1. Click Add Feed and type r/programming or any community you like, or paste the full Reddit URL.
  2. Click Preview, then Subscribe.
  3. Check it once or twice a day instead of keeping a tab open all the time.

Tip: you can also subscribe to a user with u/username if you follow someone specific.

Learn more: Feed Management

4. Get notified only when it really matters

You do not want a popup for every article, only for topics you care about.

  1. Go to Settings, Notifications and turn notifications on.
  2. Add one or two keywords, for example bitcoin or your favorite game title. Now you only get alerts for matching articles.
  3. Mute noisy feeds: right click a feed, open Notification settings, and mute it. Its articles still download, they just never interrupt you.

Tip: use Snooze for 1 hour before a meeting, and notifications wait quietly until you are back.

Learn more: Notifications

5. Read long articles in a clean view

You open an article and it is full of ads, popups, and tiny text.

  1. Click the article to open it in the viewer.
  2. Use reader settings to bump the font size and pick a comfortable theme like sepia or dark.
  3. If it is worth keeping, click the star icon. Later, filter by Starred to find it in seconds.

Tip: select any sentence to get a small toolbar with Search, Copy, and Translate. Great for quick lookups while reading.

Learn more: Article Management

6. Move from another reader in two minutes

You already use another RSS app and do not want to re-add 50 feeds by hand.

  1. In your old reader, export your feeds as an .opml file.
  2. In CyberFeeds, go to Settings, Data, Import OPML and select that file.
  3. Your feeds and folders appear automatically, duplicates are skipped.

Tip: once imported, run Refresh to fetch the latest articles, then do a Backup so you never lose your setup.

Learn more: Feed Management, Settings

What next?

Once one of these feels natural, explore the rest at your own pace:

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