Reactions

Reactions tune your feed and build your Likes collection. Here's what they do (and don't do).

The Three Reactions

Every post has three reaction buttons:

• Love — For posts you want to remember. Appears first on your Likes page.
• Like — For posts you enjoyed. Saved to your Likes page after loved posts.
• Not for me — For posts that weren't useful. Removes the post from your feed and helps Scour learn what topics not to suggest as interests.

Clicking a reaction again removes it. You can change reactions at any time.

When you mark a post Not for me, a short panel appears. You can (optionally) say why (off topic, already saw this, clickbait, old news, low quality, or wrong language), and act on the source: Block this source to hide it entirely, or Show less from this source to just see it less often. Only “low quality” reflects on the source itself; the other reasons just tune that post, not the publisher.

Reporting is different. Use Report (in a post's “…” menu) only for content that shouldn't be on Scour for anyone: spam, misleading, or harmful posts. “Not for me” is about your taste; reporting is about the post breaking the rules.

Want more like a particular story? Every post's “…” menu has See related topics, which turns the article into topic and feed suggestions you can follow in one tap. See Add interests from an article.

Here's a real post. Select it to see where the reaction buttons live, and sign up to react to posts and build your own Likes page.

Swipe on touch devices

On a phone or tablet you can swipe a post left or right to react without opening its actions. Swipe right for the positive tray (Like, Save); swipe left for the negative tray (Not for me, Report). A short swipe reveals the tray so you can tap a button; a long swipe commits the primary action directly (Like on the right, Not for me on the left).

Swiping is just a shortcut: every action is still a tap away in the action row, and you undo the same way by tapping the filled button. Love stays a deliberate tap, and Report still asks for a reason.

How Reactions Affect Your Feed

Your interests determine the topics in your feed. Reactions won't add new topics or flood you with content after a single like. But they do subtly shape your feed over time:

• Source prominence: Liking or loving posts from a source makes that source more likely to appear. Disliking makes it less prominent.
• Topic balance: If you consistently engage with one topic area more than others, that area gets a bit more space in your feed.
• Interest suggestions: Reactions help Scour suggest new topics you might want to add, but suggestions are only suggestions.

One exception is immediate: disliking a post removes it from your feed permanently. The other adjustments are gradual and confidence-weighted: a single reaction won't dramatically change anything, and the effect is capped so no single source or topic can dominate. For the full picture, see How Ranking Works.

Your Likes Page

Loving or liking a post saves it to your Likes page (find it in the navigation menu, or go to /@yourusername/likes). Loved posts appear first, then liked posts, sorted by when you reacted.

Your Likes page is public at scour.ing/@yourusername/likes. This lets others discover content through your recommendations. You can subscribe to any user's Likes as a feed, and your Likes are also available as RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds. Private profiles are on the roadmap.

History

Your Reading History (in the navigation menu) shows the posts you've clicked on. Use it to find posts you forgot to bookmark. Unlike your Likes page, Reading History is private.

Posts you've seen are hidden by default so your feed shows fresh content. To show everything, open the filter menu () and enable "Include seen posts."

Still have questions? Or feedback on these docs? Please let me know!