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Friends, Favorites & Fans

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Your Network within Scholar is made up of three types of relationships, Friends, Favorites and Fans.

Friends

Friends are two-way relationships where both people have actively consented. One user invites another user to be Friends, and the other user must accept that invitation for the two of them to become Friends. Creating a Friends network of friends allows you to search just for bookmarks from your Friends, create streams on your Scholar Home page to track what resources your Friends are sharing, and to limit access to certain profile information to your Friends.

Your Friends then show up in your Network under the Friends tab.
For example:

  • I invite you to be Friends
  • You get an email invitation, as well as a notification within Scholar >>more on Notifications
  • You accept the invitation
  • You and I are now Friends
  • You now show up in my Network, and I show up in your network under the Friends tab

Favorites

Favorites are one-way relationships in which one users selects another user as one of their Favorites on Scholar. A user might add another to their Favorites for any number of reasons, including having similar interests, finding their bookmark collection to be especially interesting or relevant, etc. You can limit bookmark searches to just your Favorites network and build streams to keep you up to date on your Favorites resources.

Your Favorites show up in your Network in the Favorites tab.

To make another user your Favorite, simply go to their profile and click "Add to Favorites" >>For more visit Building Your Network

Fans

Fans are the flip-side of the Favorites relationship. Your Fans are the people that have added you to their Favorites. Fans let you see which Scholars are interested in the resources you're sharing - it's a great way to build new relationships with people who are likely to have similar interests.

For example if I add you to my Favorites, I become your Fan and I will show up in your Network under the Fans tab.
If you add me to your Favorites, then you are my Fan and I can see you in my Network under the Fans tab
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