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Automated Article Bot- RSS poster

The article-bot will check every 5 minutes for new AP news from a variety of RSS feeds. It will then post it in it's own forum. That forum will be only for article bot news stories- members will not be allowed to post in that forum but feel free to start a new thread in another applicable forum to discuss anything you see posted.

The article bot will post a portion of the article with a link back to the original story which may link back to an unlimited variety of sources.

We welcome your suggestions for RSS feeds.

Yes, I realize links back to some sources (like the GLOB) will require registration on that site, but most do not. I recommend you sign and register on those sites if you are interested, because then the links will take you right to the story if you have your cookies enabled.

This is an experiment and, depending on member input, may be discontinued at a later date. We thought this feature may keep us all in the loop as to hot news stories as they hit the AP news-wire.

Let's watch for awhile and see how it works, then please give me your input. We can adjust the frequency and quantity of posts.

As always, you can put the article-bot on IGNORE to eliminate it altogether.

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