@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ func savexonker(what, value, flav, when string) {
 	stmtSaveXonker.Exec(what, value, flav, when)
 }
 
-func savehonker(user *WhatAbout, url, name, flavor, combos, mj string) (int64, error) {
+func savehonker(user *WhatAbout, url, name, flavor, combos, mj string) (int64, string, error) {
 	var owner string
 	if url[0] == '#' {
 		flavor = "peep"
@@ -1076,11 +1076,18 @@ if name == "" {
 			name = url[1:]
 		}
 		owner = url
+	} else if strings.HasSuffix(url, ".rss") {
+		flavor = "peep"
+		if name == "" {
+			name = url[strings.LastIndexByte(url, '/')+1:]
+		}
+		owner = url
+
 	} else {
 		info, err := investigate(url)
 		if err != nil {
 			ilog.Printf("failed to investigate honker: %s", err)
-			return 0, err
+			return 0, "", err
 		}
 		url = info.XID
 		if name == "" {
@@ -1099,16 +1106,16 @@ elog.Printf("honker scan err: %s", err)
 		} else {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("it seems you are already subscribed to them")
 		}
-		return 0, err
+		return 0, "", err
 	}
 
 	res, err := stmtSaveHonker.Exec(user.ID, name, url, flavor, combos, owner, mj)
 	if err != nil {
 		elog.Print(err)
-		return 0, err
+		return 0, "", err
 	}
 	honkerid, _ := res.LastInsertId()
-	return honkerid, nil
+	return honkerid, flavor, nil
 }
 
 func cleanupdb(arg string) {

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15
+	github.com/mmcdole/gofeed v1.2.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0
 	humungus.tedunangst.com/r/go-sqlite3 v1.1.3
@@ -13,7 +14,14 @@ humungus.tedunangst.com/r/webs v0.7.10
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/mmcdole/goxpp v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 )

@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0 h1:PJTF7AmFCFKk1N6V6jmKfrNH9tV5pNE6lZMkG0gta/U=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0/go.mod h1:ypIiRMtY7COPGk+I/YbZLbxsxn9g5ejnI2HSMtkjZvI=
+github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1 h1:nhxRkql1kdYCc8Snf7D5/D3spOX+dBgjA6u8x004T2c=
+github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1/go.mod h1:R4bJ1UQfqADjvDa4P6HZHLh/3OxWWEqc0Sk8XGwHqvA=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 h1:UNAjwbU9l54TA3KzvqLGxwWjHmMgBUVhBiTjelZgg3U=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/mmcdole/gofeed v1.2.1 h1:tPbFN+mfOLcM1kDF1x2c/N68ChbdBatkppdzf/vDe1s=
+github.com/mmcdole/gofeed v1.2.1/go.mod h1:2wVInNpgmC85q16QTTuwbuKxtKkHLCDDtf0dCmnrNr4=
+github.com/mmcdole/goxpp v1.1.0 h1:WwslZNF7KNAXTFuzRtn/OKZxFLJAAyOA9w82mDz2ZGI=
+github.com/mmcdole/goxpp v1.1.0/go.mod h1:v+25+lT2ViuQ7mVxcncQ8ch1URund48oH+jhjiwEgS8=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 h1:8TfxU8dW6PdqD27gjM8MVNuicgxIjxpm4K7x4jp8sis=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 h1:mMMrFzRSCF0GvB7Ne27XVtVAaXLrPmgPC7/v0tkwHaY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 h1:ENy+Az/9Y1vSrlrvBSyna3PITt4tiZLf7sgCjZBX7Wo=
@@ -15,14 +36,22 @@ golang.org/x/image v0.14.0 h1:tNgSxAFe3jC4uYqvZdTr84SZoM1KfwdC9SKIFrLjFn4=
 golang.org/x/image v0.14.0/go.mod h1:HUYqC05R2ZcZ3ejNQsIHQDQiwWM4JBqmm6MKANTp4LE=
 golang.org/x/image v0.15.0 h1:kOELfmgrmJlw4Cdb7g/QGuB3CvDrXbqEIww/pNtNBm8=
 golang.org/x/image v0.15.0/go.mod h1:HUYqC05R2ZcZ3ejNQsIHQDQiwWM4JBqmm6MKANTp4LE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210916014120-12bc252f5db8/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 h1:zTwKpTd2XuCqf8huc7Fo2iSy+4RHPd10s4KzeTnVr1c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.19.0/go.mod h1:CfAk/cbD4CthTvqiEl8NpboMuiuOYsAr/7NOjZJtv1U=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 h1:AQyQV4dYCvJ7vGmJyKki9+PBdyvhkSd8EIx/qb0AYv4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 h1:25cE3gD+tdBA7lp7QfhuV+rJiE9YXTcS3VG1SqssI/Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 humungus.tedunangst.com/r/go-sqlite3 v1.1.3 h1:G2N4wzDS0NbuvrZtQJhh4F+3X+s7BF8b9ga8k38geUI=
 humungus.tedunangst.com/r/go-sqlite3 v1.1.3/go.mod h1:FtEEmQM7U2Ey1TuEEOyY1BmphTZnmiEjPsNLEAkpf/M=
 humungus.tedunangst.com/r/gonix v0.1.4 h1:FuvWYQlFIzmfHxfvIfq5SYpSiHhFcpJqq3pi+w45s78=

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ url := "@" + d[0]
 		name := ""
 		flavor := "peep"
 		combos := ""
-		_, err := savehonker(user, url, name, flavor, combos, mj)
+		_, _, err := savehonker(user, url, name, flavor, combos, mj)
 		if err != nil {
 			elog.Printf("trouble with a honker: %s", err)
 		}

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ return fmt.Sprintf("https://"+serverName+u, args...)
 }
 
 func ElaborateUnitTests() {
+	user, _ := butwhatabout("test")
+	syndicate(user, "https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoadmin.rss")
 }
 
 func unplugserver(hostname string) {
@@ -208,11 +210,13 @@ errx("user %s not found", args[1])
 		}
 		var meta HonkerMeta
 		mj, _ := jsonify(&meta)
-		honkerid, err := savehonker(user, args[2], "", "presub", "", mj)
+		honkerid, flavor, err := savehonker(user, args[2], "", "presub", "", mj)
 		if err != nil {
 			errx("had some trouble with that: %s", err)
 		}
-		followyou(user, honkerid, true)
+		if flavor == "presub" {
+			followyou(user, honkerid, true)
+		}
 	case "unfollow":
 		if len(args) < 3 {
 			errx("usage: honk unfollow username url")

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	notrand "math/rand"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mmcdole/gofeed"
+)
+
+func syndicate(user *WhatAbout, url string) {
+	data, err := fetchsome(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		dlog.Printf("error fetching feed: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	parser := gofeed.NewParser()
+	rss, err := parser.Parse(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		dlog.Printf("error parsing feed: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	reverseItems(rss.Items)
+	for _, item := range rss.Items {
+		var final string
+		dlog.Printf("link: %s", item.Link)
+		j, err := GetJunkTimeout(user.ID, item.Link, fastTimeout*time.Second, &final)
+		if err != nil {
+			dlog.Printf("unable to fetch link: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		xonksaver(user, j, originate(final))
+	}
+}
+
+func syndicator() {
+	for {
+		dur := 12 * time.Hour
+		dur += time.Duration(notrand.Int63n(int64(dur / 4)))
+		time.Sleep(dur)
+		users := allusers()
+		for _, ui := range users {
+			user, _ := butwhatabout(ui.Username)
+			honkers := gethonkers(user.ID)
+			for _, h := range honkers {
+				if strings.HasSuffix(h.XID, ".rss") {
+					syndicate(user, h.XID)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func reverseItems(items []*gofeed.Item) {
+	for i, j := 0, len(items)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+		items[i], items[j] = items[j], items[i]
+	}
+}

@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ flavor = "peep"
 	}
 
 	var err error
-	honkerid, err = savehonker(user, url, name, flavor, combos, mj)
+	honkerid, flavor, err = savehonker(user, url, name, flavor, combos, mj)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "had some trouble with that: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return nil
@@ -2832,6 +2832,7 @@ runBackendServer()
 	go enditall()
 	go redeliverator()
 	go tracker()
+	go syndicator()
 	go bgmonitor()
 	go qotd()
 	loadLingo()