New feed page views: Popular and Subscribers
June 11th, 2008
We have just rolled out 2 new views to the feed pages; a way to see popular posts & a way to see who else subscribes to that feed. The goal of these new views is to give you another way to discover interesting feeds and people.
Now, when discovering a feed for the first time you can quickly know what the feed is really about, what makes it special. The popular view provides another layer of information that you can use in deciding if a feed is right for you.
Which takes us to the subscribers view. This view is super cool, because now you can actually see, on a feed level, who is reading it. Not only do we show you the avatars and names of the other Toluu users who subscribe, but we also show their 3 most recently added feeds. This provides a fantastic way to discover new people that you may want to add as a contact or find more feeds that these people find interesting too.
In testing, we have already added discovered many new people and feeds that were a bit hidden. These 2 new views really provide a new view into the data and pivot points to explore.
Also in this release we have added the greatly requested date stamps, improved YouTube embed compatibility, improved the loading time of the contacts page by roughly 5x, and fixed some bugs surrounding the invitation page.
Please let us know what you think and keep the ideas and suggestions coming!

