Share Your Picks

This week, we're launching two new features to make your experience on NewsTrust better: the 'Like' link and the 'Picks' list. Now you can pick stories you like, and show them as 'Picks' on your profile page. To add a story to your 'Picks,' click the 'Like' link for that story, as shown below.

See a good story on NewsTrust you don't have time to review? Click our new 'Like' button below the story's rating icon. This will increase the story's popularity rating and automatically place it in a new 'Picks' tab in your member profile (so you can share it -- or review it later). To remove a story from your Picks, click on its 'Unlike' link.

To view your Picks, click the 'Picks' tab in your member profile. To view another member's Picks, click the same tab in his or her member profile.

Once you've added stories to your Picks, you can share them with your community via RSS -- or in your own widget: 

* RSS: to share your picks via RSS, click on the RSS icon in the Picks tab of your member profile --this will take you to your own Picks feed URL, which you can email to your friends. 

* Widget: to add your picks widget to your own page or website, click on 'Get Widget'  in the Picks tab of your member profile -- and follow the instructions on our widget page.

Note that we also offer other member widgets that list all your recent reviews - or all your reviews with a comment -- on our Widget page.

Next week, we will feature Community Picks from members like you. So be sure to email us when you have a first batch of Picks, so we can promote your selections to the NewsTrust community.

And many thanks to David Fox and Subbu Sastry for their great engineering work in bringing us these new features!

What do you think about our new Picks list? Please leave a comment here on the blog, or share your thoughts with our community on our public feedback page. You're also welcome to email us directly, if you prefer.