user65: Chat rooms allow setting up RSS feeds which show up in the room as chat messages or in a ticker (overlay). I think setting up feeds from interesting sources would help towards generating interest in the room and create topics to discuss.
As far how many feeds to set up is concerned, I think there should be atmost 2-3 offsite blogs or sources added.
So, what are some interesting feeds that we could set up in the chat room?

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Main site new questions (ticker)
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user220: The Arduino Twitter feed.
They have a lot of interesting blog posts (from many sites including their own). They seem to only post a few times a day, so we wouldn't be overwhelmed with posts. However, I would still recommend using a ticker, especially for Arduino Day 2014, where there will probably be a lot more tweets during that event.
How do we get a feed into our site?
First of all, any moderator from any site can edit the feeds as a ticker or a chat message. (Ticker: dismissible banner at the top of the screen, chat message isn't deletable and is in the main section of the chat window.)
The harder part is getting a Twitter RSS feed. Don't worry, I've got ideas. RSS 4 Twitter is ran on open source software and donations, and is free. So far, it only works for users, not hashtags. Still, we can get the Arduino RSS feed (link to RSS data, not to Twitter). There's no account involved, so it's no big deal to add it into the chat room. The owners claim it is updated every 90 minutes, which may be a lot if you are subscribed to Arduino already, but it's better than nothing, and is the only way to get a RSS feed for the Arduino blog.

65: <p>Chat rooms allow setting up RSS feeds which show up in the room as chat messages or in a ticker (overlay). I think setting up feeds from interesting sources would help towards generating interest in the room and create topics to discuss.
As far how many feeds to set up is concerned, I think there should be atmost 2-3 <em>offsite</em> blogs or sources added.</p>
<p>So, what are some interesting feeds that we could set up in the chat room?</p>
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<li>Main site new questions (ticker)</li>
<li>Meta site active questions (chat)</li>
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 220: <h2>The Arduino <a href="https://twitter.com/arduino" rel="nofollow">Twitter feed</a>.</h2>

<p>They have a lot of interesting blog posts (from many sites including their own). They seem to only post a few times a day, so we wouldn't be overwhelmed with posts. However, I would still recommend using a ticker, especially for Arduino Day 2014, where there will probably be a lot more tweets during that event.</p>

<p><em><strong>How do we get a feed into our site?</em></strong></p>

<p>First of all, any moderator from any site can edit the feeds as a ticker or a chat message. (Ticker: dismissible banner at the top of the screen, chat message isn't deletable and is in the <em>main</em> section of the chat window.)</p>

<p>The harder part is getting a Twitter RSS feed. Don't worry, I've got ideas. <a href="http://www.rssitfor.me/about.html" rel="nofollow">RSS 4 Twitter</a> is ran on open source software and donations, and is free. So far, it only works for <strong>users, not hashtags</strong>. Still, we can get the <a href="http://www.rssitfor.me/getrss?name=arduino" rel="nofollow">Arduino RSS feed (link to RSS data, not to Twitter)</a>. There's no account involved, so it's no big deal to add it into the chat room. The owners claim it is updated every 90 minutes, which may be a lot if you are subscribed to Arduino already, but it's better than nothing, and is the only way to get a RSS feed for the Arduino blog.</p>
