my6sense
my6sense - your digital intuition
FAQ
Getting Started
What is this 'Digital Intuition' stuff?
my6sense's super duper AI (artificial intelligence) technology learns what is most important to you based on your consumption habits, serving you as a digital sense, or as we call it 'Digital Intuition'. There is nothing you need to do other than simply use the service like you would any other reader/aggregator. No preferences need to be set. No surveys to fill out. No blood samples needed. The m6s service 'senses' your interactions with every message; whether you click on it, ignore it or share it. Just use the service naturally, and the Digital Intuition magic will come your way – connecting you with your most important content on your iPhone.

iPhone Native App
How do I get the iPhone Native App?
Simply click here to download it from the App store.
Where can I see the FAQ for the native app?
Once you download the app, go to the settings section. You can read the native app FAQ there.

Building your Digital Intuition
How do I build my 'Digital Intuition'?
That's simple. Use my6sense the same way you'd use any other RSS reader or personal portal. Open messages you find interesting, skip over the ones you don't like. Share messages on social networks, send via email, And that's it…Simply: Scroll. Consume. Share. The more you interact with the system, the smarter it gets and the faster we can build your Digital Intuition. So you can get the content that's most relevant to you.
How long does it take for the ranking of the Top Messages to kick in?
You need to use my6sense for at least a week and open 15-20 messages in order for the system to get a feel for you. Once your Digital Intuition kicks in, your Top Messages will be ranked.
How come my Top Messages aren't ranked yet?
That's probably because you've just started using my6sense and haven't built your 'Digital Intuition' yet. This means the system needs to get to know you a little better before it can start delivering the most relevant content. Just use my6sense like a regular RSS feed reader – scroll through, read and share what you like and ignore what you don't. Once you break through the first level of Digital Intuition, your top messages will start getting ranked.
How can I consume ranked content?
my6sense ranks content from all of your information streams. This means you can:
• View ranked content from all of your streams in your Top Messages
• View ranked content within specific category folders. Make sure to organize your streams in folders, so you can discover relevant messages the specific topic that interests you.
• View ranked content within a specific stream. Since the default sorting for specific stream is time, make sure to change it to relevance (there is an option to do this at the bottom of the stream)
How can I follow my Digital Intuition progress?
Your personalized meter in the 'Profile' section indicates your Digital Intuition strength and progress. The my6sense system notifies you each time you break through to the next level of Digital Intuition by sending you a system message which includes your updated meter, level description and some tips that will help you progress to the next level.

What affects the ranking of my messages?
How does the ranking work?
The my6sense AI engine learns how to rank your messages based on your consumption behavior. Which messages you read, the location of those messages in relation to other messages, the items you take action with, items you skip over, time & place and many other parameters. Don't worry about 'affecting' the ranking. Just use the service naturally, and the magic will come your way.
Does removing a message affect the ranking?
No, it does not. Removing a message does not always indicate that you do not like this message, therefore removing a message has no effect on ranking.

Share/Comment
Did you know you could share your most relevant content on Social Networks?
When you go into a message, click on the 'Actions' icon and select the Social Network you'd like to share that item on. Now all of your friends on Facebook, FriendFeed and Twitter can easily view the things you're most interested in.
Did you know you can email your most interesting items?
Email your stuff to anyone you like. Simply select the 'Share' option in any message and email away!
Can I still share items on my Social Networks even if I haven't added them as a Stream?
Yes, you can. Your incoming social streams (Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed) are not related to your ability to share on Social Networks. You don't have to add any Social Network Stream in order to share items on them. Simply add your Social Network credentials in 'Profile' -> 'Social Networks'
What's the 'StreamIt' feature?
When you tap on the 'Streamit' button, the item is saved to your personal stream (located at the top of your 'Streams' list), and automatically shared on the Social Networks of your choice (go to 'Profile' -> 'Social Networks' to define auto-share settings for social networks).

Streams/Folders
Did you know that you could sort your streams according to Time or Relevance?
The default sorting for Top Messages is Relevance, however the default sorting for specific streams is Time. You can change your preference at the top of the screen
How do I rename a stream/folder?
Tap the 'Edit' button at the top left and then tap the stream/folder you'd like to rename.
How do I delete a stream/folder?
Tap the 'Edit' button at the top left and then tap the 'delete' icon to the left of the stream/folder you'd like to remove.
How do I move a stream to a folder?
Tap the 'Edit' button at the top left and then tap the stream you'd like to move to a folder.
What are the benefits of folders?
The benefit is that you can enter a specific folder and view only the streams from that topic sorted by relevance. For example: I enter my 'fashion' folder and view only my fashionable streams ordered by relevance. It's interesting to see not only how ranking works between different streams from different topics but also within a specific category. Also, you can press the folder icon to see what streams you have in each of your category folders.

General
How often are my Top Messages refreshed?
During a session, entering or refreshing the Top Messages doesn't change the order of the existing messages as so not to confuse the user. Nevertheless, new Stream messages are continuously received by the system, so by clicking on the 'refresh all' button you will receive any new message that reached top ranking. (Whether or not a specific Stream reaches your top messages depends on its ranking and on the current Top Messages' ranking). Clicking on the 'refresh all' button will also remove messages that have expired and push down read messages.
Can I delete my account?
Really? Well... ok, you can delete your account here.

my6sense Availability
What phones do you support?
Currently my6sense is available on the iPhone only. Click here to download the app from the App store. However, we will be releasing the service onto other smartphones in the near future.

Philosophy behind my6sense
What's the connection between my6sense and 'Signal VS Noise'?
The biggest challenge we face today is the overwhelming amount of information that flows into our lives, and the limited amount of time and attention we have to devote to it. The enormous amounts of content from RSS feeds, social networks and news sources that enter our digital space make content consumption more difficult every day. Handling this is tough enough on our desktops, and becomes significantly more difficult on mobile to find the information that is relevant to us. In order to deal with this, my6sense separates the important pieces of information (signal) from the bits and pieces that are unimportant to us (noise) by ranking content from your information streams according to your preferences. So while other content aggregators continue to focus on bringing you more information (noise) - my6sense is focused on bringing you BETTER information (signal) by building your digital intuition.
What are the benefits of my6sense?
1) Automatically ranks content from all of your information streams (news articles, blog posts, social streams etc.) so that you don't have to sift through hundreds of posts to get to the one relevant message that you want. Instead of working according to a standard timeline, my6sense puts your interests first by sorting items according to relevance. Not only does my6sens rank your content, it does it without making you invest any effort. There's no need for you to give any explicit feedback or set preferences.
2) Continuously connects you with your most important content, on your mobile and desktop. You can get all of your ranked content, constantly updated, on your iPhone and on the Firefox add-on.
3) Conveniently attaches a set of relevant micro-interactions to each message so that you can respond to, discover and share information in just one click. Let your friends on Social Networks know what you're interested in, email your interesting messages and comment on blogs posts.
4) Significantly amplifies your productivity by saving time and attention.

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