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Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users

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556 points campuscodi | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 22:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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jgrahamc ◴[17 Oct 24 08:00 UTC] No.41867399[source]▶
My email is jgc@cloudflare.com. I'd like to hear from the owners of RSS readers directly on what they are experiencing. Going to ask team to take a closer look.
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1. quinncom ◴[18 Oct 24 05:39 UTC] No.41876633[source]▶
Cloudflare-enabled websites have had this issue for years.[1] The problem is that website owners are not educated enough to understand that URLs meant for bots should not enable Cloudflare’s bot blocker.

Perhaps a solution would be for Cloudflare to have default page rules that disable bot-blocking features for common RSS feed URLs? Or pop-up a notice with instructions on how to create these page rules to users that appear to have RSS feeds on their website?

[1] Here is Overcast’s owner raising the issue in 2022: https://x.com/OvercastFM/status/1578755654587940865