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A curator can show a delivery channel on their profile as a Public Delivery Channel. You can clone it, copying it once, or fork it, so your copy keeps getting the sources the curator adds and removes.

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Where do I find a curator’s channels?

On their profile, under the Channels tab. The tab appears only when they have a Public Delivery Channel. Each channel shows its name, a summary such as “Weekdays at 07:30 · 4 sources”, and how often it has been copied, such as “Cloned 41 times · Forked once”. Open a channel to see its public sources. A Following source reads “New public additions from curators” the owner follows. Sources from unlisted or private curations aren’t shown or copied; the channel says how many there are, as “N private sources aren’t shown”. The channel’s endpoint is never shown.

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Should I clone or fork?

Clone when you want a starting point to make your own. Fork when you trust the curator to keep the source list current.

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How do I copy one?

Choose Clone or Fork on the channel. The dialog asks for a name and Deliver to, and spells out what syncing will and won’t do. Choose Clone or Fork again to create your copy, or Cancel. Your copy appears on Channels. If you’re signed out, you’re asked to sign in first, and you come back with the channel open. An Express or Delta copy delivers only links added after you copy it. A Resurfacer copy draws from everything in its sources, as any Resurfacer does.

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Will it arrive when the curator’s does?

At the same clock time in your timezone, not theirs. A channel set for 07:30 delivers at 07:30 wherever your Settings timezone says. If you haven’t set a timezone, your browser’s is saved.

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What does a copied Following source deliver?

Your follows, not the curator’s. A Following source on your copy brings new public links from the curators you follow.

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Does a fork pick up the original’s new sources?

Yes, while the original is public. When the curator adds a source, it’s added to your fork; when they remove one, it’s removed from yours. While the original is private, syncing waits, and it catches up when the original is public again. Your own changes stay. A source you add isn’t affected by the original. A source you remove never comes back: “It came from @x’s channel and won’t return, even if @x adds it again.”

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How do I stop a fork from syncing?

Choose Stop syncing on your channel. The curator’s later changes won’t reach it, and your channel becomes a clone. This can’t be undone.

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What happens if the original is deleted?

Syncing ends, and your channel keeps working with the sources it has. Activity tells you that it stopped syncing because its original was deleted.

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What does “Forked from” on my channel mean?

It records whose channel you copied, and stays even after the original is gone. It reads “Forked from” or “Cloned from” the channel’s name and its curator. If the original later becomes private, it reads “a now-private channel curated by” them; if it’s deleted, “a now-deleted channel”.

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Will the curator know I copied it?

They’ll see the count, not your name. Their channel’s copy counts go up, and their Activity says how many times it was forked and cloned.

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How do I make my own channel public?

Choose Private · Make public on the channel’s card on Channels. It’s public at once, with no confirmation, and shows on your profile’s Channels tab. Choose Public · Make private to hide it again. People see its name, cadence, and sources from public curations. They never see its endpoint, and sources from your unlisted or private curations are only counted. While it’s private, forks of it stop syncing until it’s public again. If you delete it, forks stop syncing for good.