tail people & reference lines

tail someone

open their profile /@handle and press tail @handle. to get only some levels, tick them under "only:" first. you can only tail people who have at least one public level.

read your feed

lines you've already seen sit below a "you're caught up" marker, so you know where to stop.

save a line for later

open someone's public line (click its timestamp) and press save. your saved lines are at /saved (linked from the feed), searchable and filterable by level. saving is private: the author isn't told and there are no counts. if the author later hides the line, it shows as "no longer available" and its text is gone. to keep what you learned from it, reference it in your own log instead.

feed merges the public lines of everyone you tail, newest first. it checks for new lines every 15 seconds while open and shows a "new lines" bar. it never jumps on its own.

1. 09:15:40[maya]LEARNrust lifetimes finally clicked

nothing showing? you only see their public levels (and only the ones you picked). check /@handle to see what's public.

untail, or remove a follower

settings → following → untail (silent).
settings → followers → remove. they aren't notified, and they can still read your public lines at your public URL. to fully hide, make levels private.

reference a line

open the line (click its timestamp) and press reference this →: your input opens with re @maya#4821 filled in. add your thought and press enter. if both lines are public, maya is notified, and your line shows under "referenced by" on hers.

discover people

there's no explore page, no trending and no suggestions. people find each other through:

• everyone: recent public lines from people who opted in to discovery, newest first, a few per person, with a + tail button. never ranked.
• search everyone's opted-in public lines, and click a #tag in any line to see others using it. tags are just text: write #rust anywhere in a line.
• shared links: paste a line's permalink anywhere and the preview shows the line itself.
• referenced by: a public line's permalink lists the public lines that reference it.
• who people tail: if someone opts in, their profile lists the people they tail (just handles, no counts).
• mentions, and /random: someone with recent public lines.

be discoverable

settings → discovery → tick "show my public lines in everyone and public search". off by default: your public lines are always reachable at your profile, but this also shows them to people browsing hlog. private lines never appear.

show who you tail

settings → following → tick "list the people I tail on my public profile" → save. it's off by default, and only shown while you have at least one public level.