I’ve probably written a thousand stories for this website about our favorite apps adding new features, so it’s a fun change of pace to be writing one about ourselves doing the same thing. Today, The Verge is adding some exciting new features that will let you personalize exactly how you read the site. You’ll be able to follow individual topics and authors, then read them in a custom homepage feed and through a daily email digest that’s specific to you.
On the front page, you’ll now see a toggle that says “Following” at the top of our news feed. Click it, and you’ll be able to start choosing the topics you want to populate your own custom feed. You’ll also see “+” buttons around the website, which let you add new authors and topics as you come across them. You’ll need to sign up for a Verge account to access the features, but they’re all available for free — subscribers and non-subscribers alike.
You’ll notice this feels a lot like the way an RSS feed or a social network works. That’s very much by design. Everything is a feed now, and everything is customizable. We think our site should work the same way. What you’re seeing today is the first step toward adding deeper personalization features across The Verge, and we will keep building on this foundation in the months ahead.
We’re also launching one more way for people to read The Verge: a daily newsletter. It’s called The Verge Daily, and it’ll deliver a bunch of our top headlines to your inbox every weekday at 7AM ET. It’ll be curated by our editorial team every day and allow you to read the biggest stories of the past 24 hours right from your email. Our first edition goes out tomorrow, and we’d love it if you signed up. The newsletter is going to be free to everyone. (But a note for our subscribers: stay tuned… there’s more to come.)
This is a big launch for us, and I hope you all like what we’ve been working on. But stick around — there’s a lot more we want to build.
