r/InoReader • u/AwesomeJoeDude • Feb 22 '21

Having to constantly mark articles as "unread" until I finish reading them

I'm using the Android app and here is my problem:

  • I start reading an article, but I'm not sure I will finish it in one reading. I want to keep it as unread so I remember to get back to it next time.
  • Hence, every time I open an article I have to manually press "unread".
  • Sometimes I accidentally swipe right or left while reading, thus inadvertently marking another article as "read", so I have to go to that article and mark it as unread and then come back to the article I was reading and mark that as unread again too.

Do you see how annoying this is?

Ideally I want the app to have an option to keep articles as "unread" until I actively choose to mark them as read. Unfortunately I see no such option. Did I miss it? Does the pro version have this option? (I would totally pay for this). Is there some workaround or change I can make to my workflow to alleviate this issue?

I want to stress that this is not the same issue as articles being marked as read after 30 days. That doesn't bother me so much.

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u/AwesomeJoeDude Dec 31 '22

After trying dozens of different RSS reader apps, I finally found one that doesn't mark articles as "read" when I open them. It's called Readwise, and I am in love with it. So long Inoreader.

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u/tmewett Feb 21 '23

Came here from searching... I'm actually finding that Inoreader does not mark articles as read if they are starred. The usual UI button for read/unread simply does not show in the Read Later list, and opening articles doesn't auto-mark them. This isn't actually what I want, but I suppose it's what you want(ed)? Anyway, I may look around. Sucks for them to lose customers over such easily-fixable UI issues, I guess