Do You Use Medium’s Following Tab?

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blog.medium.com/">3 Min Read</a>, back in August at the same time they brought back custom domains and <a href="https://readmedium.com/you-can-write-stories-on-your-phone-again-mobile-editing-is-back-e54d86c5402c">mobile editing</a>.</p><p id="7d3f">The tab is available on the website and mobile versions.</p><p id="5b01">Yet somehow, I missed noticing this new feature was hanging out on my homepage for the past few weeks.</p><div id="81e6" class="link-block"> <a href="https://blog.medium.com/custom-domains-mobile-editor-and-a-true-following-feed-ee6411b4fc9f"> <div> <div> <h2>Custom Domains, Mobile Editor, and a True Following Feed</h2> <div><h3>Working towards an innovative product you can rely on</h3></div> <div><p>blog.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*NloStRP-xigVwEosty14ew.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d809">Medium reports that reading time has increased by 110% thanks to the tab. It seems more readers are finding more stories they want to read, and maybe finding writers they haven’t seen for a while.</p><p id="ccf6">However, Medium says they have mo

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re work to do with the feed,</p><blockquote id="7b67"><p>“We know the work isn’t done and we’re thinking about how to build out additional filters to help <i>you</i> continue to control that feed, such as Muting support or hiding content you’ve read.”</p></blockquote><h2 id="11d2">The following tab may change the way you follow</h2><p id="8e4d">One effect of the following tab is that it will pay to be more discerning with whom you follow, making sure not to follow-for-follow (which is mostly a bad practice anyway), but only follow writers that you genuinely want to show up in your feed.</p><p id="bcac">You’ll also want to pay attention to the publications that you follow because the follow feed is also made up of articles from publications you are following. This explains why you may see stories from writers in your feed that you are not following.</p><p id="5bf3">I want to know what you think. Do you like the following tab? In my opinion, it still could use some work, although it’s a start.</p><p id="5cbb"><i>To unlock unlimited stories, consider becoming a <a href="https://jennifergeer.medium.com/membership">Medium member</a> for $5 per month. If you sign up with my <a href="https://jennifergeer.medium.com/membership">referral link</a>, I’ll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.</i></p></article></body>

You can see stories by writers you follow in true chronological order

I feel a bit dumb that I am only learning today about a feature that was introduced in August.

I have long lamented that my Medium homepage doesn’t show the latest and greatest from the writers I follow, but instead, a hodgepodge of stories that can date back for months, sometimes years.

For example, on my homepage today, I see stories ranging from 13 hours ago to July, and even one from last March.

But, there is a solution to this problem. If I click on the Following tab at the top of my page, I can view a chronological list in reverse order of stories from the writers I follow.

screenshot of Medium by author

Now, this isn’t brand new. This was announced by Medium in the 3 Min Read, back in August at the same time they brought back custom domains and mobile editing.

The tab is available on the website and mobile versions.

Yet somehow, I missed noticing this new feature was hanging out on my homepage for the past few weeks.

Medium reports that reading time has increased by 110% thanks to the tab. It seems more readers are finding more stories they want to read, and maybe finding writers they haven’t seen for a while.

However, Medium says they have more work to do with the feed,

“We know the work isn’t done and we’re thinking about how to build out additional filters to help you continue to control that feed, such as Muting support or hiding content you’ve read.”

The following tab may change the way you follow

One effect of the following tab is that it will pay to be more discerning with whom you follow, making sure not to follow-for-follow (which is mostly a bad practice anyway), but only follow writers that you genuinely want to show up in your feed.

You’ll also want to pay attention to the publications that you follow because the follow feed is also made up of articles from publications you are following. This explains why you may see stories from writers in your feed that you are not following.

I want to know what you think. Do you like the following tab? In my opinion, it still could use some work, although it’s a start.

To unlock unlimited stories, consider becoming a Medium member for $5 per month. If you sign up with my referral link, I’ll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.