I was building a social media platform for users to raise their voices. I have made a special algorithm for them, and it works really well.
I got suggestions from @akhourianmolkumar, @effessdev, @technogamerz and more users to make the UI minimal.
I was very much interested in adding and showing features to users. Just in that curiosity, I forgot that the UI should be minimal and more comfortable.
I added a huge number of features to the dashboard. Whenever a user opens Crowdwide, they see a bunch of features.
Wherever they check, they get something like a feature.
They scroll, they get a feature.
They click, they get a feature.
They search, they get a feature.
They comment, they get features.
Their posts get reach, they get features.
Even after using Crowdwide for just 5 minutes, they look outside the window and see Crowdwide's features outside there... lol...
So, after noticing this...
I visited some other social media platforms, like Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky, and Twitter.
I noticed what they show when users log in.
I noted the features in their dashboards and decided to show only this much, with barely anything extra.
I made a new menu.
The top menu is clean now.
The side menu has a few useful options. Further, you can expand it to get others.
And on the other side, the communities section gets a new update, and now you'll be able to see communities there or join them. To create a new community, you have to open my community page.
And this is a major improvement in this.
Further, I noticed the post composer got a little more updated, and more options on the post page need to be put in a little dropdown.
And the second thing is about Widewave.
Many users aren't able to understand Widewave, and some feel it's not required at this stage.
Yeah, this was suggested by @akhourianmolkumar ,@effessdev and @technogamerz too.
So, I removed that too...
And now I feel it feels very, very much better and calmer than before!
UI is an important factor. I build the backend in a few days, but understanding the frontend takes longer.
And I think no frontend is perfect. Anything... anywhere... anyhow, something better exists in this case.
And I got some new users too. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
18 members
72 posts shared
4 communities
It's growing, but sometimes it gets steady too!
And you might be thinking, why Day 25–26 together??
But on Day 25, I was working on both these features, so I hadn't updated anything. So, I just updated this and am now telling this to you!
I read and reply to every suggestion!
Links 🔗
🌐 Crowdwide: https://www.crowdwide.run.place/
💻 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Crowdwide