Feature request: add separate favorite artists list.

Possible implementation: similar to favorite images list – show current and new postings tagged with chosen author names. Alternatively, a list of (alphabetically sorted?) artists' names/tags as clickable links. Choose whichever is easier and more straightforward from UI/UX and code standpoint.

Reason: easier keeping track of chosen authors' work without resorting to text file with their names or direct search links, especially when this list goes past tens of different tags. So far, looks like this feature is missing, at least based on what I gathered from current "favorites" and website help / FAQ section.

justkhajiit said:
Feature request: add separate favorite artists list.

Possible implementation: similar to favorite images list – show current and new postings tagged with chosen author names. Alternatively, a list of (alphabetically sorted?) artists' names/tags as clickable links. Choose whichever is easier and more straightforward from UI/UX and code standpoint.

Reason: easier keeping track of chosen authors' work without resorting to text file with their names or direct search links, especially when this list goes past tens of different tags. So far, looks like this feature is missing, at least based on what I gathered from current "favorites" and website help / FAQ section.

I second this, it's currently possible to do this with re621's subscribe feature but it would be nice if it was part of the site so it could be tied to your account.

just_lurking said:
I second this, it's currently possible to do this with re621's subscribe feature but it would be nice if it was part of the site so it could be tied to your account.

In a way I expected it to be default website functionality, seeing as it'd be natural for people to like what some artist(s) make be it general style, subjects or whatever else reason. Bookmarking pages in browser is not a good option either, because reasons like too nosey people (coworkers/family/roommates take your pick).

e621 actually had a post subscriptions feature at one point in time, but it ended up being removed because of the lack of people using it compared to how much processor time it would take on the server.

One thing that I've heard is that some people create a private set (or just put it in your profile text if you're not a coward) and then store a list of their favorite artists/search terms/etc. in the set description for easy access. This way it's tied to your account rather than being a bookmark on your computer.

You can search up to 40 tags at once, so unless you've got hundreds of favorite artists it shouldn't be too hard to check you're up-to-date with everything.

Common searches:

• female order:score date:today -voted:me
• ~cat ~fox ~dog

My favorite artists:

• ~whoever ~artist_2 ~person3

Inclusive OR multi-tag search query to check all at once. Clever, going to test this later, but should do the job just fine. Still is not a favorite list, but better.

Post subscription similar to e.g. Reddit's subscription? That could be taxing, yes, but a list of tags? Site stores favorited images in a database already (likely as a collection of links of sorts), so tacking another collection of links on top could be manageable. My current list of around 40 artist search links (or approximation of it anyway), saved as plaintext file takes up whopping 1.5KB of space. Scaling it to lets say 5M accounts, assuming the same amount of chosen artists we get ≈7.2GB, which is well below what I think current databases would be with how many images, accounts, favorited items and other data is here.

TL;DR should be sort of manageable if we store data in a clever way, but that is for database magicians to handle.

faucet said:
You can search up to 40 tags at once, so unless you've got hundreds of favorite artists it shouldn't be too hard to check you're up-to-date with everything.

Even if you did have hundreds, you can save multiple 40-tag searches. Just wouldn't be able to see all of them at once in the same feed