JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Chit Chat with Grapevine Team

Hey Folks,

We really do want to deliver the best Grapevine possible for you. 100s of comments and emails over the last few months have been helpful in getting us moving in the right direction. There's also 2-3 awesome launches coming up in the next couple months (many of which were suggested by members here).

But we thought about getting to speak with a few people in more detail. Specially understand your current use case and long term expectations/product ideas for Grapevine.

If you'll be so kind to come speak with us for 30 minutes, please consider booking a time slot from this calendly link:

https://calendly.com/michaelscott-/gvine-catchup

Disclaimer: This WILL NOT reveal your on-platform identity to the Grapevine team. We won't be asking you to mention your username or any other personal details on this call. Trust us on that!

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PeppyRaccoon
PeppyRaccoon
Vercel17mo

I can select text in comments but not in replies. This should be an easy fix.

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Will add this to list, thanks!

PrancingNugget
PrancingNugget

Man that was a good observation..

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel
  1. Ability to follow people and their activity
  2. DM with attachments for referrals
  3. More reactions for posts - upvote / downvote, other reactions
  4. Better community management - to avoid repeats - e.g. students
  5. More flexibility for posts - e.g. image + poll
  6. Karma points or something - that way anonymity at scale doesn’t allow toxic behaviour to persist
DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba

You basically describe reddit

JumpyPretzel
JumpyPretzel

Are you planning to bring DM feature anytime soon? That is a big missing part here. If you are concerned about spamming, then you can club it with twitter like follower feature, i.e. if two people follow each other then only they can DM each other. I understand features like these may take some time, but hope it is being considered. But in any case, great changes in last couple of weeks/months.

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

We do have it 50% ready since a few weeks, but yes have waited to launch it because of spam concerns. Specially because how difficult moderation and controlling abuse can get with this feature.

Interesting advice on the follow feature. But we think not all users want to be followed as that will make this less comfortable to interact in certain cases

GoofyCupcake
GoofyCupcake

Follow or a notify if they've posted something new is definitely something I'd be interested in for sure.
Wana see how many other folks on here would like to request that feature.

And yes, DM only if you follow is a good idea cuz if anyone wants to share additional info they have to share their telegram and take the conversation off the platform. It'll help increase time spent on the platform for sure......

PrancingCoconut
PrancingCoconut

Opening links in our preferred browser

GoofyDonut
GoofyDonut

Yes please, don’t open on RN webview. Use in app browser at least haha

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo16mo

RN webview gives option to open in default browser but then that activity can’t be tracked 😜 or it’s simply for debounce metric

GoofyDonut
GoofyDonut

Do we get blue ticks after the call 🥺

PrancingNugget
PrancingNugget

🤣🤣

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

@potatomato right now we are only verifying people against company names via email. Can think of people in early stage startups in a different way - but need to have a clear strategy there

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