Understanding Your Feed
Your feed is a dynamic collection of articles that have been evaluated by the groups you follow. It helps you:- Stay current: See the latest evaluations as they’re published
- Discover research: Find new preprints relevant to your interests
- Track activity: Monitor evaluation trends in your field
- Save time: Focus on expert-curated content instead of browsing everything
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Accessing Your Feed
Your feed is available at/my-feed and through the main navigation:
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How Your Feed Works
Your feed is built from the evaluation activity of groups you follow:Feed Algorithm
- Content Selection
- Sorting Logic
- Updates
What Appears in Your Feed
Your feed includes:- Articles evaluated by any group you follow
- Only evaluations published after you started following
- All evaluation types (reviews, curation statements, author responses)
Feed Content Display
Each article in your feed appears as a card with:Article Details
- Title and authors
- Publication server (bioRxiv, medRxiv, etc.)
- Publication date
- Abstract or summary
Evaluation Info
- Number of evaluations
- Groups that evaluated it
- Most recent evaluation date
- Links to full evaluations
Interaction Options
- Click to view full article page
- Save to your lists
- See all reviewing groups
Context Signals
- How many times evaluated
- Which of your followed groups reviewed it
- Latest activity timestamp
Feed Customization
Personalize your feed by managing which groups you follow.Follow Groups
Add groups to customize your feed:Discover groups
Browse the Groups page to find reviewing organizations relevant to your research interests.
Follow relevant groups
Click Follow on any group page. The group’s evaluations will start appearing in your feed.
Unfollow Groups
Remove groups from your feed:- Navigate to My Lists → Following tab
- Find the group you want to unfollow
- Click Unfollow on their card
- Their evaluations stop appearing in your feed
Feed States
Your feed can be in different states depending on your activity:No Groups Followed
No Groups Followed
Get Started
If you haven’t followed any groups yet, you’ll see:No Evaluations Yet
No Evaluations Yet
Waiting for Content
You follow groups, but they haven’t published evaluations recently:- Follow additional groups
- Check back later as groups publish new evaluations
- Explore group pages to see their historical evaluations
Active Feed
Active Feed
Populated with Content
Your feed shows articles evaluated by followed groups:- Paginated list of article cards
- Page numbers showing your position
- Navigation to older content
- Regular updates as new evaluations appear
Pagination
Navigate through your feed content:- Page size: 20 articles per page by default
- Current position: Shows which page you’re viewing
- Total pages: Indicates how much content is available
- Navigation: Click through to see older evaluations
Feed Activity Details
Each article in your feed includes activity metadata:- Understand when articles were evaluated
- See how much attention an article has received
- Prioritize recent evaluations
- Track evaluation trends
Advanced Feed Features
Multiple Evaluations
When an article has been evaluated by multiple groups you follow:- The article appears once in your feed
- The card shows the total evaluation count
- The most recent evaluation from your followed groups determines position
- Click through to see all evaluations on the article page
Feed Performance
Your feed is optimized for performance:- Event sourcing: Built from domain events for accuracy
- Efficient sorting: Pre-computed activity dates
- Graceful failures: Articles that can’t be fetched are silently skipped
- Pagination: Only loads articles for the current page
Using Your Feed Effectively
Daily Check-ins
Visit your feed regularly to stay current with new evaluations from groups you trust
Save Interesting Articles
Use the “Save this article” button to add articles to your lists for later reading
Explore Group Diversity
Follow groups from different disciplines to discover interdisciplinary connections
Adjust Following
Regularly review and adjust which groups you follow to keep your feed relevant
Browse Historical Content
Use pagination to explore older evaluations you might have missed
Click Through
Visit article pages to read full evaluations and see additional context
Feed vs. Group Pages
Understand the difference between feed types:- Your Feed
- Group Feeds
Personalized Feed (/my-feed)
- Shows articles from all groups you follow
- Merged view of multiple groups’ activities
- Sorted by most recent evaluation across all followed groups
- Updates based on your following list
- Your personal discovery tool
Best Practices
Troubleshooting
Feed is empty
Feed is empty
Possible causes:
- You haven’t followed any groups yet
- Groups you follow haven’t published recent evaluations
- Technical issue fetching feed data
- Follow more groups from the Groups page
- Check individual group pages for their evaluation history
- Refresh the page
Missing expected articles
Missing expected articles
Possible causes:
- Evaluation was published before you followed the group
- Article was evaluated by a group you don’t follow
- Pagination - article may be on a different page
- Check group pages directly for historical content
- Use search to find specific articles
- Navigate through feed pages
Feed not updating
Feed not updating
Possible causes:
- Browser cache
- Groups haven’t published new evaluations
- Temporary data sync delay
- Hard refresh the page (Ctrl+F5 or Cmd+Shift+R)
- Check group pages to see if they have new content
- Wait a few minutes and try again
Technical Architecture
Feed Construction
Your feed is built through a functional pipeline:- Get groups followed by user
- Get all evaluation events
- Filter to evaluations from followed groups
- Aggregate by article
- Sort by most recent evaluation
- Paginate results
- Fetch article metadata
- Render article cards
Event-Driven Updates
Your feed responds to events:UserFollowedGroup: Adds group’s evaluations to your feedUserUnfollowedGroup: Removes group’s evaluations from your feedEvaluationPublicationRecorded: New evaluation may appear in your feedEvaluationUpdated: Existing feed item may be refreshed
Related DocumentationExplore related features:
- Groups - Learn about following and unfollowing groups
- Evaluations - Understand what appears in your feed
- Lists - Organize articles from your feed