Gabby (wattpad Help)
Aug 12, 2020, 8:30 AM EDT
Hi there,
Thank you for reaching out to us
here at Wattpad support. My name
is Gabby and I'd be happy to
help you today. Sorry for the
confusion this has caused so far.
Originally, we'd implemented the
Newsfeed with the purpose of
trying to foster a connection
between readers and writers,
helping us achieve our vision of
connecting the world through
stories. However, upon reassessing
the feature, we've found that it
doesn't appear to be necessarily
solving for what it was supposed
to. With low usage across all
devices, the Newsfeed appears to
act more of a barrier of privacy, as
it broadcasts all
voting/commenting activity, than
for creating community.
We're running this removal
experiment on the Android app to
gauge if the data accurately
reflects the app experience, with
the goal of removing the Newsfeed
to better allocate our resources
towards creating features that are
better solutions for fostering
community, without compromising
privacy and safety. All
announcements will still appear in
your follower's notifications as well
as any story updates if they have
your story in their libraries.
We're currently collecting all
feedback on this feature, so if
there's anything that the Newsfeed
uniquely added to your Wattpad
experience and what it was solving
for you that hasn't been mentioned,
please let me know and I'll pass
this on to our product team.
If you have any other questions,
please don't hesitate to let me
know.
All the best,
Gabriela
Your Wattpad Support Team
support.wattpad.com