User Profile and Library - an introduction

PROFILE AND LIBRARY HELP

The profile and library page serves as your home page in the system.

Profile
The first section contains information about you: your name, email address, and when you joined the system, as well as system summary information about all the snapshots you've created, datasets you've uploaded, and collections you've made.

Library
The second section shows your library. The library is divided into parts that you can select using the "Show" menu. You can choose to see everything, just your datasets, just your snapshots, just your favorite people, just your visualization sessions in progress, a list of all your collections, or the contents of any particular collection. No matter what you choose, you can sort the results using the "Sort By" menu.

Collections
You can create new collections using the "Create new collection..." option in the "Show" menu.

Removing Items
You can remove things from your library as well, by using the "Remove" action from the action menu on the item you wish to remove. If the item is in a collection, and you remove it from that collection, it will only be removed from that collection and nowhere else. If you remove it from your library, and you own it (say, it's a snapshot you've created or a dataset you've uploaded), the item will be removed from your library and removed from the Explore page and from the search indexes. It will not be removed from other users' collections or snapshots, however.

Profiles are Public
Remember, all users can see your library and profile, and you can see theirs, because everything on Community Insight is open and shared. Of course, any content you've restricted to a private workgroup is only visible to members of that group.

RSS
An RSS feed is available for any part of your library. Use the show button to pick the part of your library that you are interested in, and then click on the orange RSS feed button to get the RSS link for use in your favorite feed reader. Most RSS readers can also obtain a list of the available feeds if you give them the URL of the page.

Comments
To comment on a person, click on the "more details and comments" link.