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What is Personal Post? Why do I need to log in?
Personal Post is a constantly updated stream of articles from your favorite authors,
blogs and sections of the Washington Post. Each person's stream is unique, so you'll
need an account on washingtonpost.com to get started.
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How can I add things to my Personal Post?
Look for our new "More" button next to the Facebook and
Twitter links on articles and blog posts, when you find
something you like, click the button to add it to your
Personal Post.
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How can I remove things from my Personal Post?
If there's something you don't like, while on your Personal
Post, you can hover over it and click the red X in the corner,
that'll tell us to put less of that in your stream. Or,
after you click the X you can click the "remove
all" link to completely remove a topic from your stream. And
don't worry, you can always add it back later.
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Is what I'm reading visible to others?
No, Personal Post is not a social reading feature, so what
you read on Personal Post is not visible to others.
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How did you come up with the starter streams?
By looking at reading patterns across the Washington Post
site we can identify certain topics that often occur
together. For example, users who look at weather reports
often look at traffic reports, and users who read about the
White House also read about Congress. When we look at the
data on a much larger scale, we are able to group sections
and topics together to create these starter streams. Please
note that the data that we used to develop these starter
streams was all aggregated and anonymized - that is, we
didn't analyze any individual or identifiable users' reading
behavior, but simply looked at trends across broad sets of
users.
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What do you mean by "beta"?
In the software world, something that is in "beta" is still
evolving. We want your feedback in order to make Personal
Post better, so if you have questions or comments, email us
at personalpost@washpost.com.
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What does it mean to be powered by Trove?
Trove is a news aggregation technology that helps us match
articles to topics based on other stories that you read on
washingtonpost.com. WaPo
Labs, a digital innovation group at the Washington Post
Company, developed Trove and Personal Post.
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Is this related to the Washington Post Social Reader?
No. Washington Post Social Reader is a completely separate
product from Personal Post. For more on how Washington Post
Social Reader works, click here.
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