Day 27 of Building Crowdwide — The Solution Was So Simple, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF IT EARLIER 😭

Yooooo Developers!! How are you all?

I was building a social media platform with a special algorithm that gives new voices or communities a better chance of being discovered.

And... it's Crowdwide! I'm also done with its core features.

Building something that has already been built by someone else and exists in various different forms can be confusing, like social media platforms.

There are a wide number of platforms like Reddit, Instagram, etc., and each has its own speciality.

And I was mostly confused with Crowdwide until I added that algorithm for giving new voices better visibility!

And yea, that's where I tried to create a difference!

I made some new updates in my last few updates. I removed one whole section of Crowdwide named Widewave because it was getting complex for users to understand all at once, due to which its UI was confusing.

So, after a few suggestions, I removed it.
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Along with that, my friend @akhourianmolkumar suggested that I should put the profile icon at the bottom of the side menu, and now it's there...

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And he also suggested that I use a line chart instead of a bar chart... this is looking pretty good now!!
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All publicly given suggestions feel useful, so I ship them faster.

And then, when I was adding a few of my old craft photos to Crowdwide, I noticed that the post composer was looking very messy, like:

• The co-author column was messed up with the following list.
• Media display was getting unaligned when the screen was too large.
• When the details of the post composer were closed, you wouldn't be able to see your own added attachments.
• When you open any post for reporting, reposting, deleting, or editing, you have to go through a "..." more option. And when you click that button, the whole post's content shifts a little bit down to show the options... that was looking very poor.

So, after noting down all these...

I started making changes.

Media attachments and reporting options were easy, but thinking about the co-author scenario was a little tricky because I was thinking of showing all the authors at a time... then the list could get too long, be laggy, and look messy. 😭

I added a search bar above, but still, the co-author part wasn't fixed because when the author's name gets searched, it shows an ugly block that I had initially added...

And then I thought, if someone wants to add someone as a co-author, they must know at least their name... or username...

So, I just simply added the option to search and add!! Simple!!

No more rocket science.

The solution was simple... but I was looking at the wrong point lol... literally, when I got to my last option, I was shocked, like, why didn't I think of this earlier?

And also, I got some stats, not complete...

But generated by Crowdwide itself.

About new voices and posts, comparing large communities and post views.

Check it out!

Yea, the current week isn't completed yet, that's why its views are also lower. It gets most of its active users on Sunday.

Also, there is no large community... please, someone make one large community!!!!!!

Also, I got one idea... every platform has its own brand ambassador...

So, I was thinking of making someone a brand ambassador. 👀

So, the idea is simple!!

You just have to tell me if you want to be one...

And I'll make you one!! That's it, simple!!

And the person who becomes the brand ambassador of Crowdwide will have their name added to the official Crowdwide site. And if they want, I can also add their words... or quotes.

If they want, I can write more about them, but ONLY if they want to. I'm not going to do anything fake or leak anything without permission!

Ngl, this idea seems good!

And if I don't get anyone for that, I'll choose one person to make them the brand ambassador!

And I got new users on Crowdwide... YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

SAY THEM HIII... 😭🎉

BTW, THIS IS THE PROGRESS:

21 members

76 posts shared

4 communities

LINKS:

🌐 Crowdwide: https://www.crowdwide.run.place/

💻 GitHub repository: https://github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Crowdwide