Voices
Follow people, not just feeds. Build relationships with the voices that matter to you.
Your Voices
Active voices appear in full color, sorted first. Quieter voices fade to greyscale, still present but not demanding attention. Tap any voice to filter the timeline to just their writing.
voices — a timeline of the people you follow
Why People, Not Just Feeds?
Traditional RSS follows URLs, feeds that emit content. But the best content comes from people you trust and connect with. A feed is anonymous; a person is someone whose perspective you value.
- Following Feeds
- Anonymous URLs
- No context about publishing patterns
- Easy to lose track of favorites
- Content-focused, not relationship-focused
+ Following Voices
- Named individuals with context
- Activity tracking and expectations
- Relationship depth over time
- Genuine connections with writers
Marking a Source as a Person
When you add a source that represents an individual writer (a personal blog, newsletter, etc.), you can mark it as a "person":
Activity States
Current tracks each voice's publishing cadence and shows their current activity state.
Returned voices
Relationship Depth
Over time, Current tracks your engagement with each writer and builds a relationship score. Depth progresses through four levels based on how much you read, save, and share a voice's work.
Relationship Depth
Depth builds through reading, saving, sharing, and time spent with an author's work.
Presence & Platform
Voices adapt to each platform. Active voices always sort first, shown in full color. Inactive voices appear in greyscale, present but quiet.
iPhone & Mac
A scrollable row of avatar circles sits above the timeline. Tap any face to filter to just their posts.
iPad
Voices live in the sidebar with their favicon and name. The timeline fills the detail panel. Tap to filter.
Activity & Warmth
Warmth scoring is entirely automatic. The more you read and engage with a voice's work, the warmer the relationship becomes.
Voice Room
Tap and hold any voice to enter their room, a dedicated space showing:
Recent Articles
Their latest published work
Relationship Depth
Your engagement history
Writing Rhythm
Daily, weekly, occasional, or rare
Activity & Stats
Read percentage, unread count, time following
Tips for Using Voices
Be selective
Mark as "person" only the individual writers you want to track
Add details
Adding a name makes the Voices view more personal
Check regularly
The Voices view is a nice way to see who's been active
Let relationships build naturally
Don't over-optimize. Depth comes from genuine engagement.