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Saving questions!! What is this? ?

in the boxes underneath a question (on Y/A) it says save and theres things like add to watch list and all that but was is DEL.ICIO.US and also RSS

what are both of these things??

thanks in advance

♥Tonks♥

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Del.icio.us is what is called a social bookmarking site. You post links to things or interest for other people to see.

    RSS is a little like a bookmark when used from that menu. You can add them to your bookmarks and they work like links. Normally they are dynamic and will constantly change showing current news, etc.

    I use neither from that menu and do not worry about them. I only use the watchlist. Once added to the watchlist you can see them in your profile.

    ₪ ɦəlʞɹɐq ₪

  • 1 decade ago

    Starred questions are the one you have clicked on the star because you think it is a good or interesting question (it is also a way to tell the asker that their question was good). The questions you starred will also appear in your contact's profile page when they log on and this may attract them to come and answer it as well.

    Watchlist can serve a lot of purpose. It may be used to keep any question you want to keep an eye on because you are waiting to see what other answers will be given and it gets put in there so you don't have to wade through pages of questions in the "My Answers" tab days later. There may be questions you might not have answered in it but the question and answers are of special interest to you and you would like to refer back to it for your own reference. There are many uses for this list - but it is up to you as to why and how you want to use it.

    Hope this helped explain it.

    Cheers

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