JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Quick Update from the Grapevine team

Hey Folks, Happy Friday!

We wanted to share what we've been up to, so you know what to expect from the app in the next 1-2 months.

  1. Bugs: We are hard at work trying to solve all the bugs that have slowly crept into Grapevine 😶

  2. DMs: A polite way for users to take a few conversations deeper, and share referrals/resumes if they want to. A key worry for us would be to not make this spammy (like a few users pointed out on a recent post), while still staying helpful.

  3. Experience: A smoother, more fluid app experience coming soon

  4. Moderation: As posts and comments on Grapevine increase in number - there's also a small 0.1% of users that sometimes post abusive/offensive content. We're taking these issues more seriously. We read every 'report' that you share with us and take action appropriately

  5. Grapevine on Web (I swear the first build is super exciting - I'm typing this post out on an early version of Grapevine Web 😉). This should allow people to browse Grapevine while in a boring meeting 😂

  6. Salaries: We're building something exciting for better salary information 💰

  7. Verification: You may have seen some users on Grapevine are now verified with a blue check. Currently only launched for employees of 3 companies, we'll launch this soon for more companies. This is how we'll raise the bar on trust within Grapevine. And no, we never plan to charge for blue ticks like some other platforms. It's just a darn image ☑️

Please do keep sending your awesome feedback at us, as always! Cheers 🍻

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JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Now that I reread this, this update wasn’t ‘quick’ at all

PeppyRaccoon
PeppyRaccoon
Vercel22mo

Feature request: Nested replies like reddit or a better notification system.

Let's say A comments on a post. When B replies to that comment, A will get a notification (Grapevine notifs work well here). But then, if C replies to anything said by B, with or without '@B', B doesn't get a notif, but A gets it as reply notif

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

On it. This makes complete sense. Sucks if B is missing out on useful comments

JumpyUnicorn
JumpyUnicorn

bro aapka funding vaigera kuch scene hain? kuch bataya kro kabhi, kro ama kabhi . @Micheal_Scott

GigglyNarwhal
GigglyNarwhal

Why am I hearing this in my Fufa Ji's voice?

JumpyUnicorn
JumpyUnicorn

damnnnnnnnnnnnnn. You are lucky. My fufa doesn't even talk to me :( Markd puch lete hain. Mooh fulake ke bhaith jate hain

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

How dare you say blue ticks are useless.

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Sorry Elon sir if I hurt your feelings 🤕

SwirlyRaccoon
SwirlyRaccoon
Target22mo

@Micheal_Scott can we do something to prevent people from posting the same post in multiple sections/channels

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Working on it! Good to meet someone who hates the same problems as me 🤝

SillyNarwhal
SillyNarwhal

Feature request: a wrapping and unwrapping of comment threads would greatly enhance the ux

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

@Mowgliz Can you describe more how that would work? Happy to look into it

PerkyBanana
PerkyBanana

I think this is referencing Boost (third party Reddit app). Tap and hold on the comment to wrap and unwrap the thread.

SparklyNoodle
SparklyNoodle

Please never let this platform become another The Hood. Just hate that platform

QuirkyWalrus
QuirkyWalrus

What's wrong with The Hood?

SparklyNoodle
SparklyNoodle

What's good about that! That has become a soft porn and dating app.

GigglyNarwhal
GigglyNarwhal

Kudos to the Grapevine team. I just want to appreciate the whole team for creating such an awesome platform. Adding to it, the team is really down to earth from what I have seen. Can't wait to see coming releases.

Just one question, is the web app built using react-native-web or react.js?

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Thanks so much! Built in React Native

QuirkyNarwhal
QuirkyNarwhal

For the DMs, do you think a LinkedIn type system would be good where you first accept a request rather than getting your inbox spammed?

JumpyWaffle
JumpyWaffle

Yes. Without request mechanism it can get super spammy for some users

SleepySushi
SleepySushi

I can vouch for the fact that the team looks at reported posts very carefully. Multiple times I have reached out to them on Twitter to report posts that are misogynistic, offensive and sexist. They have taken swift action. Wanted to thank the team.

SparklyMarshmallow
SparklyMarshmallow
Meesho22mo

@Micheal_Scott - can we have better ranking of posts? Grapevine needs user personalisation in terms of the content a user sees on the homepage.

My personal use case-
I open grapevine once in a few days and scroll over the top posts basis popularity. I have noticed that my time spent/ activity on grapevine is higher on the days I see more posts around salary/layoffs. But on days when I see general chit chat and ama/ polls, I shut the app right away.
You can definitely create user cohorts and start with user personalisation of posts here. Let me know, we can discuss this further

SparklyMarshmallow
SparklyMarshmallow
Meesho22mo

Top 3 posts every time I opened the app today-

  1. Meesho layoff
  2. Big bucks
  3. Grapevine updates

You folks should size this usecase. I feel it can be a big engagement lever

DancingNoodle
DancingNoodle
Uber22mo

Afaik they did not have any recommendation engine or algorithm till a few months ago; so feed was very rudimentary, just sorted by likes comments date etc. , no personalisation or anything. Idk how far along they are now

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