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How Fans Find Your Work

Discovery Through Exploration

Everything a fan sees on Makenot.work traces back to a decision they made: a search they typed, a tag they browsed, a creator they followed, a project they subscribed to. We call this Discovery Through Exploration. The answer to “why am I seeing this?” is always one sentence.

No opaque recommendations, no behavioral profiles, no engagement optimization. Fans find your work through search, tag browsing, filters, follows, direct links, RSS, embeds, and mailing lists – a wide surface driven entirely by intent.

The Discover Page

Every fan sees the same Discover page at /discover. Filters and search determine what appears. There is no personalized ranking.

Search

Fans can search by title and description. Fuzzy matching handles misspellings and partial matches. Title matches rank higher than description matches.

Filters

Fans can narrow results by:

  • Type: Audio, Text, Video, Image, Plugin, Preset, Sample, Course, Template, Digital
  • Tags: Hierarchical tag filtering (selecting a parent tag includes all children)
  • Price range: Free, Under $25, $25-50, $50-100, $100+, or custom min/max
  • AI tier: Handmade, Assisted, or Generated
Type
  • All 42
  • Audio 18
  • Text 12
  • Video 7
  • Download 5
Tags
  • ambient 9
  • field-recording 6
  • tutorial 4
AI Disclosure
  • All 42
  • Handmade 35
  • Assisted 5
  • Generated 2
Discover sidebar with type, tag, and AI tier filters

Sorting

When not searching, fans can sort by:

  • Newest (default): most recently published items first
  • Most Sold: items by sales count
  • Price: ascending or descending

Projects Mode

Fans can switch from browsing individual items to browsing projects (albums, series, bundles). Projects can be filtered by category.

Tags Are Your Main Discoverability Tool

Tags drive how fans browse and filter. The platform maintains the tag hierarchy; you pick from existing tags.

Best practices:

  • Tag at the most specific level. Parent tags are inherited automatically (“Ambient” also appears under “Electronic”).
  • Use 3-5 tags per item. Too few and fans can’t find you; too many creates noise.
  • Be consistent across related items.
  • Use projects for grouping (albums, series), tags for describing (genre, format, mood).

See Tags for the full tagging guide.

The Feed

Fans who follow you see your new releases in their Feed (/feed). The feed is chronological – no algorithm decides what appears or in what order. Fans can follow creators, projects, or tags.

The feed is the main way returning fans stay up to date. Discover is how new fans find you.

What You Control

  • Tags: Choose accurate tags so fans browsing by genre/format/topic find your work
  • Titles and descriptions: These are what search matches against. Be descriptive.
  • Item type: Set the correct type (Audio, Text, Plugin, etc.) so type filters work
  • AI tier: Classify your work honestly (Handmade, Assisted, Generated)
  • Pricing: Fans can filter by price range, including free items
  • Visibility: Items must be public and listed to appear in Discover

What Discovery Through Exploration Rules Out

  • No opaque recommendations; every result traces to a user action
  • No behavioral tracking to shape what fans see
  • No trending or popularity-based default ranking (Most Sold is an opt-in sort)
  • No promoted listings or paid placement
  • No editorial curation or featured picks

Every creator’s work is discoverable on equal terms. The only factors are your tags, title, publish date, and sales count – all visible, all under your control.

The discovery and feed logic is source-available.

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