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* Update feed docs * Update README for typos and clarity Co-authored-by: Jacob Herrington <jacobherringtondeveloper@gmail.com> * Update feed style summary line Co-authored-by: Jacob Herrington <jacobherringtondeveloper@gmail.com>
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# "The feed"
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The Forem feed is perhaps _the_ core functionality of the service. It's an
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adaptation of a concept popularized by other social platforms in the past two
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decades, and it is something we need to develop with care in a way that empowers
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individual communities and users.
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The core nature of "the feed" is that it needs to evolve and be flexible. We
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will learn new ideas over time. We need to take into account metrics, but also
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question the relevance and "goodness" of certain metrics. We want folks finding
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fulfilling and enriching content, not necessarily addictive content.
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However, we are in the fairly naive early days of the feed, so primarily it is a
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matter of flexibility and experimentation.
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### Feed style
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Each Forem can have a feed style set by the admin of that community (originally
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implemented [in a PR from mid-2020](https://github.com/forem/forem/pull/8721)).
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Currently, we have two styles: `rich` and `basic`. Where `rich` always displays
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the cover image in the feed, `basic` hides it from the feed view.
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Over time, we'll improve and expand our feed style options.
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### Feed strategy
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Each Forem can have a feed strategy set by the admin of that community
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(originally implemented
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[in a late-2020 PR](https://github.com/forem/forem/pull/10245)). Currently, we
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have two strategies: `basic` and `large_forem_experimental`. The "experimental"
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component dictates that there is some split testing, but generally these are
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just cues for an underlying algorithm which can change liberally.
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The feed endpoint is driven by the `feeds_controller` and the content is found
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in objects such as `Articles::Feeds::Basic`. We should lean toward adaptability
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and versatility in the long run here, even if we are just at the beginning of
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this transparent journey.
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