This week we're excited to share the all-new Home Feed which was designed to help users get started with the application while feeding them personalized content based on their interests and recently viewed content.

A screenshot of the Home Feed

Previously, the Home Feed was designed with a bit more complexity and given the early nature of our platform and the first-user experience, it felt empty at times. So, we redesigned the Home Feed with a simpler / more streamlined interface that focuses on just the following areas:

For new users, we use the top of this page to highlight the setup flows for both your profile and your merchant. We encourage all users go through these steps so we can provide better recommendations and get you setup as a seller on our platform.

For existing users, we chose to highlight your interests up top since they represent the frameworks, languages tools, and topics that you're following. We felt this was the best way to get you back to the content that matters to you.

Beneath that, we added a feed of content that reflects actions you've taken recently on the platform starting with your bookmarks. While bookmarks aren't the default view, they're easy to access using the dropdown at top left. From there, we'll display your most recent bookmarks along with some metadata, such as when you added the bookmark, on the card.

Recommendations are another option accessible using the dropdown at the top left. From there, we'll display a list of repositories using an proprietary algorithm based on your interests. To provide the user some context, we include the interest that sparked the recommendation on the card.

The default display for the bottom area is Recently Viewed which we felt was the best way to get you back in the flow. As described, this feed simply aggregrates your recently viewed content spanning repos, bounties, stacks, and more.

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