Toluu is a one stop social supermarket for discovery of new rss feeds. How Toluu works is quite simple. Once registered, you will import your current OPML file into the system. The service will then search for other users with interests similar to yours. This is almost like a dating service, and will display the best matches accordingly. Toluu is not a replacement rss reader, but rather a type of condiment. This post highlights some of the recent feature enhancements that Toluu has implemented.
Filtering made easy:
Toluu recently introduced 3 new filtering options. Now you can see your matches based on when they joined Toluu. Filtering by ‘This Month’ or ‘This Week’ shows only users who have joined in that period who match with you. This helps to consistently surface new fresh feeds and new members.
Feed views & statistics:
On feed pages, you now have the ability to see popular posts pertaining to that feed. You also can view how many Toluu members are subscribing to that particular feed. The subscriber view will also show that particular members 3 most recently added feeds. This makes it that much easier for finding new members to subscribe to that share the same interests.
User interface:
When you hover over a feed anywhere on the site, a small tooltip will popup with the feed title and 5 recent posts from the feed. These post titles are clickable and link directly to the post on the source blog. These new quick tool tips are available anywhere a feed appears on the site, the activity page, match page, feed lists, profiles, and the feed subscribers view.
Activity view:
The improved activity view reveals a treasure trove of data. You can now see and sort feed activity based on contacts and favorite feeds. You can also see recent activity on Toluu from your friends, or everyone on the system. Clicking the “Feeds” link, will show you feeds gaining traction on Toluu.
Scalability:
Toluu has undergone a major re-architecting of their matching system, this in turn has made the system dramatically faster and more stable. The days of slow page responses are a thing of the past. The speed improvements Toluu made to the matching system, has also laid the groundwork to a more universal caching system.
Toluu is currently in private beta. If you would like an invite to test drive the service, please post a comment with your email address.
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