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Write a Post, Get Paid

Bobby on February 15, 2021

Are you a developer who enjoys writing articles and tutorials? If so, here's an opportunity to earn some money on a weekly basis. You can write ...

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pazvanti • Feb 25 '21

I know this is late, but I've actually been using the platform ever since this post. I really like it a lot, but I truly believe a "discovery" system needs to be made. Currently, only featured posts are easy to find. This makes is hard to discover new articles and the main home-page remains pretty static throughout the day.
It also has a negative impact on the number of article views. My articles that got featured on the front page have 10x-15x more views than those that do not. I know that this is normal and all sites have this, but better rotation or a way to easy see non-featured articles is a must. Maybe a way to follow some tags? The home page can be left as-is, just adding a new page "Following" would help

Bobby • Feb 26 '21

Hi there!
Happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying the platform!
I’ve implemented some of your suggestions already 🙌
You can actually see the latest posts here:

devdojo.com/latest

I’ve got this implemented last week, but just noticed that the link in the side bar menu is wrong. 😅 will get it fixed today.

I love the idea about following! I will get this implemented too 🤘

pazvanti • Feb 26 '21

Perfect! Really nice to see that suggestions are actually read and implemented :D

Bobby • Feb 26 '21

No problem! Thank you for the great suggestions and for being an active member! 🙌

pazvanti • Feb 15 '21

There are many things I like about the site, but there are a few that I think that can be improved.

Search by tag - This way I can see articles posted for a certain programming language or tech
Display tags in the article - This will allow to search by tag (see first point)
Some feed with the latest published articles - On the home page I still only see articles published 8 hours ago. This makes it really hard to discover new developer
Stats for the published article - As a writer, I want to see how many people read my article
Explain how to get points so that I appear in the Weekly Top Users section. With two articles published, I still only have 5 points.

Bobby • Feb 16 '21

Hi there 👋,

Thank you for the valuable feedback! This is highly appreciated!

Regarding your suggestions:

There is a tags page where you can see the most popular tags. But great idea that it should be more visible on the site!
The tags are displayed in the article page as long as the author added any tags, here is an example post
Great idea! Will get this implemented soon!
We are actually working on this already!
There is a page already that explains how you could earn points here.

Thanks again for all those great suggestions!

pazvanti • Feb 16 '21

Came back with a few more comments (sorry if I am too picky :D )

Yes, the tags are visible. This was my bad, but I think it is because adding tags is a bit misleading. I added them as "tag1, tag2, tag3", instead you have to press enter after each tag. Because I did not, initially there were no tags added. Maybe this can be improved.
Yes, saw the page about getting points right after I commented here. I though that writting articles gets you points as well and was confused as to why I still got 5 after 2 articles. Why doesn't article submission get you points?

Anyway, there are many good things and I really like the site. Keep up the good work.

Bobby • Feb 16 '21

Hey again 👋,

Yes absolutely! Love your feedback!

Giving points for posted articles is actually a good idea, maybe I could limit it to a certain number of posts that give you points each day, so that it does not get abused.

Thanks again!