Follow a source and read its updates
Choose a source in Explore, then read the updates Fruitful captures for you.
Before you start
- Sign in to Fruitful Desktop and open a workspace.
- Enable Local Capture on this device and keep Fruitful running while it captures.
- Connect any browser session your source requires. The Hacker News example does not require a login to the source.
About the sample
The app follows Hacker News and captures a fixed sample of its stories through the real Local Capture pipeline. These are sample updates, not today's news. Linked Reader text and site icons are prepared examples; the text is not a reproduction of the original articles. Setup is omitted and the processing wait is shortened. The follow action and Reader use the same source in the same workspace.
Watch the walkthrough
1. Choose a source in Explore
Open Explore in your workspace. Find the source you want to follow; this example uses Hacker News under Communities.
2. Follow the source
Choose Follow on the source's card. Now following confirms that it was added. Leave Fruitful Desktop running while Local Capture collects the first updates. Following also sets up recurring captures for this source.
3. Find its updates in Activity
Once capture finishes, open Activity and choose the source under Following in the sidebar. Its captured updates appear in the story list.
4. Open an update in Reader
Select an update to read its captured content inside Fruitful.
To see the feed update and its capture evidence, open More actions → Source details. A captured feed screenshot shows where Fruitful found the update; it is not a screenshot of the linked article.
What happens next?
Keep Fruitful running for Local Capture to collect future updates. If no updates arrive, check that Local Capture is enabled and look at the background tasks for capture progress or an error.
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