Hello,
I'd like to know, if there is a way to keep track of some artists new posts, like a feed, or timeline machanic.
The method i've been using for quite some time now, is this:
I have pages added to my favorites, with search for the artists i like, that i visit frequently, to check if there is anything new, using the "~" in the search, like this: (~artist1 ~artist2 ~artist3 ...).
The problem is, this kind of search only accepts 6 inputs per search, so i can only have track of 6 artists per page. It's becoming a big problem, because i keep fiding new stuff and artists i like, and so far i already got 10 pages i have to check, everytime i'm cheking for the newest stuff from my favorite artists.

If anyone knows a better method to do this, i would be very gratefull.

Thanks.

If you go to 'my account', then 'settings'... there's a section called 'User Profiles' ... there, you can type in some information--a lot of peopel use it for keepign track of their 'stuff'. :)

So, let me help:

if you enclose a tag in double curly brackets, you search for it. for example:

turns into fox

and you can use that for complicated searches like:

so, you could use your artists in a search like that: {{~artist1 ~artist2 ~artist3}} or save any favorite searches, etc.

Personally I'm using RSS feeds to have the computer check twice a day for any new uploads on those feeds.
This works by simply subscribing to any search the server supports.

SnowWolf said:
If you go to 'my account', then 'settings'... there's a section called 'User Profiles' ... there, you can type in some information--a lot of peopel use it for keepign track of their 'stuff'. :)

So, let me help:

if you enclose a tag in double curly brackets, you search for it. for example:

{{fox}}

turns into fox

and you can use that for complicated searches like:

{{fox male rating:s -wolf}}

so, you could use your artists in a search like that: {{~artist1 ~artist2 ~artist3}} or save any favorite searches, etc. [/quote] Thank you for helping. This method is still not as practical as the one i already use. The major problem is not loosing track of any artist, it is to just a more practical way to keep track of the new posts. Thanks anyway, any help is very welcome!

NotMeNotYou said:
Personally I'm using RSS feeds to have the computer check twice a day for any new uploads on those feeds.
This works by simply subscribing to any search the server supports.

Hello, sounds very interesting and practical. Could you please elaborate?
I'm a newbie.
Whatsearch engine you use for the feed?
Thank you very much for help.

lucaslfm said:
Hello, sounds very interesting and practical. Could you please elaborate?
I'm a newbie.
Whatsearch engine you use for the feed?

e621 is the search engine.

When you look at the page info for a standard e621 search (eg. https://e621.net/post/index/1/tentacle ), you find RSS links in 'Feeds' tab (for example, the corresponding RSS feed for the above link is https://e621.net/post/atom?tags=tentacle )

Although it's possible to edit the URL manually, for a newbie I recommend actually getting the URL from the page info, because the query string is escaped -- eg the RSS feed URL for ~tentacle ~parasite is not https://e621.net/post/atom?tags=~tentacle+~parasite , but https://e621.net/post/atom?tags=%7Etentacle+%7Eparasite

Some RSS screenshots I took a while back. Maybe a mini-tutorial.

Also, this Telegram bot. Probably works a little better than RSS, but I had to copy 100+ tags one at a time... That bot has 1500+ "new" files for me lol.

I don't use either of those methods, but I have at least set them up. I don't really actively "watch" artists anyway. I do use my favs like bookmarks, though: search [artist tag] + fav:[username] + order:-id (to sort newest first), hover the mouse over the newest post's thumbnail, remember the thumbnail/its post date, search just the artist's tag, find the thumbnail, look at everything newer. The problem with that is higher quality reuploads moving my "bookmark" spot drastically forward, but that usually isn't hard to spot.

So, for example, from the artists listed on your profile, I have also fav'd some posts from eipril. So the search is eipril fav:abadbird order:-id. My most recent fav there was posted June 26, 2017, so I'd look at everything newer when I get around to it.

I see your account is empty. If you ever wanted to mass-fav local files that you downloaded from E621 (or as long as E621 hosts such files), you can "reverse-fav" with this tool. That's what I do.

The *best* subscription tool I can use is Hydrus. After install, it can search and subscribe to 12 different boorus including E621, chan threads, and some other galleries (Deviant Art, Hentai Foundry, Pixiv, tumblr) and, I believe, theoretically any other site if a user configures Hydrus correctly. The catch is that Hydrus is (1) heavyweight booru-like software, meaning it's resource intensive and (2) least user-friendly of everything I've mentioned so far.

abadbird said:
Some RSS screenshots I took a while back. Maybe a mini-tutorial.

Also, this Telegram bot. Probably works a little better than RSS, but I had to copy 100+ tags one at a time... That bot has 1500+ "new" files for me lol.

I don't use either of those methods, but I have at least set them up. I don't really actively "watch" artists anyway. I do use my favs like bookmarks, though: search [artist tag] + fav:[username] + order:-id (to sort newest first), hover the mouse over the newest post's thumbnail, remember the thumbnail/its post date, search just the artist's tag, find the thumbnail, look at everything newer. The problem with that is higher quality reuploads moving my "bookmark" spot drastically forward, but that usually isn't hard to spot.

So, for example, from the artists listed on your profile, I have also fav'd some posts from eipril. So the search is eipril fav:abadbird order:-id. My most recent fav there was posted June 26, 2017, so I'd look at everything newer when I get around to it.

I see your account is empty. If you ever wanted to mass-fav local files that you downloaded from E621 (or as long as E621 hosts such files), you can "reverse-fav" with this tool. That's what I do.

The *best* subscription tool I can use is Hydrus. After install, it can search and subscribe to 12 different boorus including E621, chan threads, and some other galleries (Deviant Art, Hentai Foundry, Pixiv, tumblr) and, I believe, theoretically any other site if a user configures Hydrus correctly. The catch is that Hydrus is (1) heavyweight booru-like software, meaning it's resource intensive and (2) least user-friendly of everything I've mentioned so far.

more on Hydrus

Hydrus is more of a personal media file management solution, for the person who has tens of thousands of media files, than a simple subscription tool. Hydrus also accepts tags associated to file hashes from its hive of users. Those users can (and do, by default) scrape tag-file associations from boorus like E621 as they download files from them, and upload those associations back to the tag server, which then disseminates those new associations back to the hive. Or users can add new tags manually. Supports tag implications ("parents"), aliases ("siblings"), and a blacklist ("censorship"), although I've never touched those. Basic install includes server software, so users can setup their own private tag servers, which is something else I've never touched. Seems to have a basic web server. Duplicate file detection...

I'm trying the telegram bot. Waiting some time to check if it works fine. It's very handy since i can use telegram via a browser tab.
I tried Hydrus too, but it's like you mencioned, not very user friendly at all. If the telegram bot comes out to not work well, i'll consider giving it a harder try.

Thank you very much for helping!

savageorange said:
e621 is the search engine.

When you look at the page info for a standard e621 search (eg. https://e621.net/post/index/1/tentacle ), you find RSS links in 'Feeds' tab (for example, the corresponding RSS feed for the above link is https://e621.net/post/atom?tags=tentacle )

Although it's possible to edit the URL manually, for a newbie I recommend actually getting the URL from the page info, because the query string is escaped -- eg the RSS feed URL for ~tentacle ~parasite is not https://e621.net/post/atom?tags=~tentacle+~parasite , but https://e621.net/post/atom?tags=%7Etentacle+%7Eparasite

I'll give it a try.
Thank you very much!