In this Release March 17, 2010 OVERVIEW New curator interface.  This release has a new channel builder user interface for curation, making it easier to curate from the reading pages. To make curation operations fast, we integrated a dedicated server and...

Training versus Feeding a Hungry Man After an index has been running awhile, a curator may notice that it no longer reflects his or her intentions  for some topics. Some topics may be too narrow not including enough articles. Other topics may be too broad...

The Purpose of Indexes The Wikipedia has an article on indexes for publishing. Its description of the purpose of indexes sheds light on the meaning of index quality. The following example is drawn from that article. Indexes are intended to help readers...

There are three foundations for creating a social index. Good Sources Good Organization Good Training Every sustainable, quality index needs all three foundations. To create good indexes, index curators need to consider all three. Good Sources Information...

New curators are sometimes frustrated when their topics do not work as expected. The topics fail in one of two ways. They may deliver almost no articles, or they may deliver too many articles mostly off-topic. These frustrations can usually be avoided if...

Training versus Feeding a Hungry Man After an index has been running awhile, a curator may notice that it no longer reflects his or her intentions  for some topics. Some topics may be too narrow not including enough articles. Other topics may be too broad...

Topic granularity refers to the degree to which topics in an index are organized into either fine or coarse-grained divisions. Topic granularity is an ongoing design issue for curators in organizing indexes. Why Topics are Divided into Sub-Topics...

There are three foundations for creating a social index. Good Sources Good Organization Good Training Every sustainable, quality index needs all three foundations. To create good indexes, index curators need to consider all three. Good Sources Information...

In this Release — July 21, 2010 OVERVIEW Open Beta. We have made it easier for people to try Kiffets  without needing an invitation and or needing to register. Browsing Kiffets Channels.  To make it easier to discover and follow new interests, this...

In this Release March 17, 2010 OVERVIEW New curator interface.  This release has a new channel builder user interface for curation, making it easier to curate from the reading pages. To make curation operations fast, we integrated a dedicated server and...

In this Release OVERVIEW Kiffets users can now easily share indexes with friends and invite people to Kiffets. Most activities now take place on the My Kiffets page where: A user s selected indexes stay in view and the newest indexes from other users are...

Create A New Index When you create a new index it will automatically appear on your My Kiffets page. Adding An Index To Your My Kiffets Page It is easy to add an index to your MyKiffets page either from your MyKiffets page or from an index reading page....