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 Today I'm excited to share a new update about the 

. If you are curious about older updates, check out the development logs archive: 

.

The intent of the Tree Explorer is to give everyone a way to discover posts, archives and writers on Reading Supply. Unlike other popular social networks, 

the connections are made manually by the community

. An algorithm is not controlling or directing what you see, 



Originally, I shared the early concept in an 

. After some work, this is what I ended up with:



The implementation is simple, here is how it works:


As you navigate to nodes, any node with a post, archive, or writer mention will appear. Even with our small community, the tree can get pretty big!


If a writer mentions a post, archive, or another writer in their biography, the Tree Explorer will show those relationships too. The same effect applies to archives as well.




Navigating all of these nodes should feel fun. When I was in high school. I would get together with my friends in the library and play the 

. Players would start on the same random article on Wikipedia, and each player must navigate to another pre selected target article. As Reading Supply grows I hope there is enough content to be able to have a similar experience.


The Tree Explorer solves practical problems too. It should be easy to find the origin of any writing such as a white paper. It should also be easy to discover the next thing to read within the context of what you are reading. Therefore I made navigating to the 

 page convenient. Every mention of a writer, archive, or post shows a link to the Tree Explorer. Every post and user profile also has a link.


Currently, the Tree Explorer defaults to an archive named 

. Anyone is welcome to join the archive and publish to it.

It is important to get feedback early. So I shipped this release knowing there are problems.

If you discover something that bothers you, please share! I want to know anything and everything! 🙏

I will be addressing as many as I can. Here are a few reported by the community:


Interested in trying out Reading Supply? All you have to do is ask a member of Reading Supply for an access key. If that feels like too much, you can direct message our 

. Once you get an access key you will be able to create an account and give others access.

Till next time 👋

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