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RSS feeds are a powerful tool for simplifying your use of the web. They eliminate the constant checking of multiple websites which may or may not have changed. But, as you know, RSS feeds still have their flaws.

When you subscribe to a feed you receive all items added to the website. This includes items which are on topics you aren't interested in, 'filler' items and items published solely to increase traffic to the site. These decrease the value you get from a feed, waste your time and reduce the total number of feeds you can keep up with.

What if you could cut out unwanted RSS items? You could increase the number of feeds you keep up with, reduce the time spent on feeds, or even both. You, not the feed publisher, will be in control of what you read. Filtering out the items you don't want is the smart, efficient way to process information from the web.

With RSS Ninja all this is finally possible.

Some early attempts, by others, at RSS filtering makes use of 'community filters' which treat you as just another head in a sea of average users. They may help filter out some of the obviously poor posts, but also remove special interest posts. Often all that is left are the most inflammatory 'linkbait' items, designed to provoke a reaction rather than provide real value. If you aren't an average user then these offerings will leave you disappointed.

RSS Ninja is different. RSS Ninja removes the limitations of RSS feeds and the currently available filters. It filters based on your personal preferences using the same 'spam' filtering techniques which have been used to successfully gain control over email spam. RSS Ninja treats as 'spam' any RSS items you do not wish to read - even if they are not 'spam' in the traditional sense. You have complete control of what you want to see and what you don't.

RSS Ninja creates a new RSS feed from an existing one. A rating box is added to each item in the feed. This gives you the option to mark any item as uninteresting (you can do this from within your feed reader). Your personal preferences are used to determine whether or not to remove future items from the feed. The result is that you get a modified version of the original feed with only the items that you want to see.

To start using RSS Ninja now, visit the RSS Ninja homepage, enter the URL of a feed you would like to filter, and subscribe to the generated feed using your favourite feed reader. As new items come in on that feed, simply click the link to mark any you are not interested in as uninteresting. That's all you have to do to save yourself time and effort reading unwanted RSS items. Oh, and it's free.