Hi,

I think it might be interesting to give users feedback on link
propagation via for:username.

In particular, if I use for:X, then I would see statistics for that
bookmark's propagation through X:

* the number of people who have received this bookmark as a result of
  sending this bookmark to X

* the number of people who have clicked on this link as a result of
sending this bookmark to X

* the number of people who have bookmarked this link as a result of
sending this bookmark
  to X

The actual tree of transmissions that resulted from sending this
bookmark to X would also be shown, though the names of the receivers
would not be revealed.

You could also show a graph of receptions/clicks/bookmarks over time via X.

I think this sort of feedback would encourage people to use for: more
often because there is a sense of satisfaction in spreading a link to
many people most of whom end up bookmarking it. It would also be
interesting to learn who the main spreaders are so that you could just
send links to them first.

The advantage to all of this would be a better form of personalized
recommendations.

Amir

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