What apps, networks and tools would you like to see added to the HootSuite App Directory?

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When you click "Add Column" add an option to enter the URL of an RSS/Atom feed (such as a blog you follow). hootsuite then displays the recent items from that feed in the column.

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    Roger HicksRoger Hicks shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    FreshwaterMermaidFreshwaterMermaid shared a merged idea: Replace Google Reader using a Stream  ·   · 
    AnonymousAnonymous shared a merged idea: Add ANY RSS as a stream  ·   · 
    paulyoungonlinepaulyoungonline shared a merged idea: Allow me to view RSS feeds in HootSuite without tweeting them.  ·   · 

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      • CJ CornellCJ Cornell commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I vote for this, too. It's not that I want another RSS reader (I already use one).... but, for instance - LinkedIN (and Quora) both have questions and answers that I follow - and often either forward/post or answer. To me,m this is much different that reading RSS feeds (though the same technology)... When I check/engage with my social networks via Hootstuite, 'mentally' in the same category, I am needing to check the LinkedIn Answers feed and Quora feed. These are as social as twitter and facebook (ie people posting and discussing) ...

      • LauraLaura commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I think this would be a great change for HootSuite, and we could also get Facebook notifications via RSS :) :)

      • Brian GBrian G commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        This lets us get at any content including the power of yahoo pipes. Really opens up what we can monitor in HootSuite including content from internal systems that would let us build a more powerful mashup/dashboard.

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        This would be great - please do this. Has this been under review for almost 2 years now? I think it's probably time to make a decision. Please.

      • Bill HardisonBill Hardison commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I have been searching and searching for for a one stop location for wading through Twitter and RSS feeds to pass along information to our agency's members. HootSuite is the closest only missing the RSS feed access. So I use Google Reader and Hootlet to inform my membership via tweets. Most days I don't get to my actual HootSuite "page" at all.

        I would be willing to pay to unify my "social" and "informational" environments.

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        How is that feature coming along?? I agree totally. This will make or break the decision for me to buy hootsuite!

      • ScelzaScelza commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        +1 for adding this. It would improve workflow tremendously.

        Currently:
        RSS -> Google Reader -> Send to Hootsuite (configged in Reader settings) -> Save as draft (I have set aside time to do reformats/sends in batches) -> Reformat when I have time -> Send or schedule

        Could be:
        RSS -> Hootsuite stream -> Click to reformat and send/schedule

      • Scott PetersScott Peters commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I would love to be able to add a RSS feed as a stream. Not everyone I follow as a social network or they don't post everything. I subscribe to some sites with 100+ updates a day and using RSS filtering services get it down to the ones I want.

        Support for linking with Google Reader may be one of the easier ways to implement this.

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        "This would in essence mean becoming an RSS reader"

        Yes it would and yes, that would be beautiful!

      • Stuart HemmingStuart Hemming commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        @Kirk Munro makes a good point. I follow a LOT of tech forums and having the ability to pour the RSS feeds for these in to HootSuite would make my working day much easier to manage,

        Come on guys. Pick this one up. It's an easy win.

        You know you want to. Actually, even if you don't, you can see from this thread WE want you to.

      • Daniel RaeDaniel Rae commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Agree with this suggestion. Being able to pull in, for example, Google Alerts RSS feeds, to help us monitor forums and blogs, along with Hootsuite's native Twitter monitoring, would be perfect. If not, I have to switch between multiple apps/websites.

      • Justin GeeslinJustin Geeslin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I would like this because then I could post things to my RSS and use HootSuite to schedule tweets and statuses! That is a killer feature! It seems only a few hops away.

      • Stuart HemmingStuart Hemming commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        5 months ago, @Ian suggested just having to options to switch off reposts from an existing RSS/Atom feed. Now surely /that/ would be a no-brainer. You're already doing what we want and then some. Just give us the option to switch off the 'and then some'.

      • Stuart HemmingStuart Hemming commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I think that just allowing access to an RSS feed is actually a good fit for this kind of product. I'd love to be able to see a column for an RSS feed in here with the option of streaming individual posts to another account.

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