Tailor your reading experience on DEV to suit your preferences.

The "Feed"

The home page is tailored to each individual DEV member based on what they're following.

Every now and then, the DEV Team may "pin" a post to the homepage if it's an announcement that is relevant to all folks, but these are generally posts from the DEV Team. Your feed is where you'll discover a diverse range of articles published by developers worldwide.

You can filter the content displayed on your feed based on the type of articles you want to read. Currently, we offer three feed sort options: Relevant, Latest, and Top.

Follow tags and users to customize your feed and discover content tailored to your interests.

Utilize Subscription Options:

With subscription indicators, you can subscribe to new articles from users or organizations you follow, as well as through any of your existing comment subscriptions. Easily manage your subscriptions and unsubscribe from any article or thread that's becoming too popular.

With these features, you'll never miss out on an interesting discussion happening on DEV. Stay informed and engaged with the latest comments and articles tailored to your interests.

Tags

Follow Tags

Tags are unique keywords attached to posts to categorize related articles under specific and defined groups. They cover a wide range of topics and feature thousands of posts, from coding tutorials to career advice, catering to both beginners and experienced developers.

Following tags on DEV means subscribing to updates and content related to specific topics of interest. By following a tag, you'll see relevant posts in your feed or notifications, enabling you to stay informed, personalize your experience, and connect with others who share similar interests within the community.

Hide Tags

Just as you can follow tags, you can also hide them. Articles with hidden tags will no longer appear in your Relevant feed, providing you with a more tailored browsing experience.

Hiding tags gives you greater control over your feed. Just follow these steps:

• Tags Page: Visit the tags page and use the search feature to find and hide specific tags.
• Dashboard: Navigate to the "Following tags" section on your dashboard. Press the three dots to access the hide option and conceal tags from your feed.

You can easily manage your Hidden Tags directly from your dashboard. Access the "Hidden tags" section to view and unhide tags at any time, bringing articles with those tags back to your feed.

Users

Follow Users

In order to stay in touch with people in your feed, you can follow them! Just navigate to the member's page and tap that follow button to get alerts when they post new content and prioritize their content in your feed.

Block Users

You are always able to block users from your feed and from seeing your content by navigating to the three dots in the top right corner of their page and clicking Block.

If this member is posting especially harmful content or is a spam account, feel free to also flag this member for us in the same location.

Your Reading List

By clicking the Bookmark button on an article, you can collect posts to read later and keep them forever in your dashboard.

To access these articles, simply navigate to your profile icon, click on "Reading List," and you'll find all your saved posts there."

Common Questions

What about my post's Google ranking?

You can set the canonical_url of your post before publishing so that Google knows where to send the link juice (that precious, precious link juice).