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Day 29 of Building Crowdwide — Brand Ambassador, UI Fixes & 80 Posts!! 🎉

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:56:53 +0000

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!

Today is Day 29 of giving updates on its v1 version, and its v2 version is going to release on 1 November 2026. Not too far...

The biggest thing... I got a brand ambassadorrrrrrrr... 🎉

FINALLY!!

I got a brand ambassador! Her name is Divyanshi ---> @technogamerz

I have updated that on the main site of Crowdwide too!

The bug buster of Crowdwide, @effessdev has reported 2 more things.

1. Even logged-in users were getting the option to "Join Crowdwide" and "Sign In"

On the main page, even logged-in users were seeing the options to "Join Crowdwide" and "Sign In" until they opened the navbar and saw the option "Open App".

So, to solve this, I just added one thing: now every user who is logged in will be redirected directly to /dashboard.

And to visit the landing page even after logging in, you can visit /?landing=1.

Okay... I remember one more thing...

A few days back, some of my users suggested that they had to log in again and again whenever they opened Crowdwide.

I was thinking... everything was already getting stored as cache... so why was this happening?

I found nothing, so I didn't make any changes about it...

But then I remembered—maybe they just didn't see the "Open App" option and directly clicked on "Join Crowdwide" or "Sign In" again. 💀

UI mattersss, my brothaaa... UI matterssssssss 😭🔥

2. EffessDev reported a navbar UI issue

EffessDev reported that the navbar on the landing page was too close to the corner, almost touching it, which wasn't looking good.

Actually, I was ignoring these small issues because I never thought someone would notice them.

But... EffessDev's eagle eyes were finding bugs... and he got it!! 👀

Before:

After:

screenshot in dark theme... lol

These are solved now!!

And I forgot to tell you that in my last update, I also improved notifications!

Now they have categories like:

Today
Yesterday
All
Unread

And "Mark as Read" doesn't reload the page anymore! 🚀

And currently, Crowdwide has this much progress:

21 members

80 posts shared

4 communities

Finally completed 80 posts!! 🎉🔥

Links:

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

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

Day 28 of Building Crowdwide — More Personalization, Bug Fixes & Still Looking for a Brand Ambassador!

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:14:27 +0000

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!

Today is day 28 of giving updates on its v1 version, and its v2 version is going to release on 1 November 2026. Not too far...

So far...

I made a few more changes and made a few bugs...

While adding and setting up something for larger screens, I broke it for smaller screens!!

Just like the sidebar of Crowdwide.

Actually, I saw some space due to padding inside the sidebar, so I just removed it and didn't check it on my phone.

And YES!! That's where I made a bug... bug maker developer respect ++ MISSION RESPECT PASSES+++

Then it was reported by @effessdev, and I fixed it!

And in the sidebar... on larger screens like PCs, whenever I opened the sidebar, I saw that it was different in every section of Crowdwide.
From

To

Yeah, I built it but forgot to maintain consistency between UIs.
From:

So I made it fixed!

And everything was looking so set and satisfying!

But I thought...

Now I have 20+ users, why not increase personalization?

What did I do exactly?

I have added a few more things to the feed.

If your post gets more views, like 40–50 (initially shown to users in their feed), but no reaction, it will be ranked lower (not too low... just less preferred).

And...

Out of every 4–5 posts, you will get one post that you may be interested in...

Just to check your interest in other things as well.

There is a thing in social media platforms that checks the interest shifts of users.

So yeah, I added that...

Actually, I found that approach smart... smarter... smartest... lol.

Further, I haven't made any other very special changes...

Do you think with this much UI... and backend, Crowdwide is okay for now?

Like, I mean, can I stop giving it daily updates now?

Also...

I announced that... I want to make someone a brand ambassador of Crowdwide...

But no one talked about it... lol... so till now... I haven't got anyone...

Links:

Crowdwide: https://www.crowdwide.run.place
Repository: https://github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Crowdwide

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

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:38:05 +0000

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.
From this:

To:

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...

From:

To:

And he also suggested that I use a line chart instead of a bar chart... this is looking pretty good now!!
From:

To:

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

Day 25–26 of Building Crowdwide — Making the UI Minimal!

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:15:06 +0000

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

Day 24 of Building Crowdwide — What Do You Do When Your Project Is Finally Done? 🤔

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:29:17 +0000

I was building a social media platform with a special algorithm to make engagement better for new users and communities instead of being judged on the basis of followers and compared to larger accounts!!
(it was started on 9-sept-2026... v1 released on 3-oct-2026)
And today is Day 24 of building v2 version of it!

All its main core features are done!

The debugging is fixed, and everything is set!

Public testing is done.

Suggestions from users are implemented!

Almost all things are done.

And today is Day 24, so I was thinking, what should I do now??

In my previous posts, I got approximately 20+ suggestions, and I applied them all!

UI is polished.

Backend is working well.

Everything is working well, and it's free right now.

Also, its current stats are:

14 members

70 posts shared

4 communities

And I was thinking, what should I do now??

This was started by me! And... I'm thinking there are no more things to add or anything...

At this stage, IDK what others think, but I'm thinking I should leave this for now. Maybe I should post and seed some new topics, but...

I'm thinking there are a large number of topics! Still... I'll try.

So, should I leave this project now? Like, maybe give some updates in the future or so...

What about all of your projects that are very large, that you worked on for months, had no users, and you still built them until they were finally completed?

What should I do with that? What do you do with those projects??

Unintentionally, is this a new GitHub profile showcase??

How can I deal with it?

Also, many of us can't realize the needs... what people actually want... and even if they get what they actually want, it takes time to build... and if it's completed, we fail to distribute it...

Is Crowdwide going through the same kind of phase?

I'm not sure, but... do you have any personal advice regarding this??

IK this post feels more about solo developer thoughts and less about Crowdwide, because TBH, there's nothing I need to change this time, and everything is working well, so I didn't think I should add anything there.

How do you picture this state?

So, about my project Crowdwide, I can just say I've added lots of new things and polished the UI.

It'll just be changed to V2 on November 1, and that's it!!

Links:

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

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

Day 23 of Building Crowdwide: I Fixed More Than I Planned 😭

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:36:16 +0000

I was building a social media platform for newly created creators and anyone who wants a simple place to post and make a community or an indie page for growing. Crowdwide has an algorithm for that, which shows posts and things according to the interests of the user, and with its design, new people in a larger community get a chance to grow faster!!

So I think the audience of Crowdwide should be mostly developers, students, or normal people (maybe less common but possible).

So I have worked on the suggestions I got!

I got the suggestion to use the 4/8/16/24 spacing scale consistently. I added that to the UI.

Suggested by Nilamadhab Senapati

I made that change, and it works! It makes the UI better.

Secondly, the major things were pointed out by someone great:

Simulate a timeout/server error and verify rollback to a retryable draft.

Submit twice while the first request is pending and verify that only one post is created.

Return two edit responses out of order and make sure the older response cannot overwrite newer text or clear its pending state.

Suggested by Dave Kurian for the failed requests and duplicate submissions, and Marcus Kim for the out-of-order edit responses.

So basically, I tested what happens when a post request fails, made sure submitting twice doesn't create duplicate posts, and checked that older edit requests don't overwrite newer changes. These were some important things because even if the UI looks good, the actual functionality also needs to work properly!!

Further, I was just going to be done, but I got more things to add to my todo list, and I wanted to reach the saturation level of making this project!!

So I just worked on it and shipped these too:

Removed unnecessary labels while keeping accessible names on interactive elements.

Hid decorative icons from screen readers where appropriate and used empty alt text for decorative images.

Made meaningful status indicators readable, like “Post: Active” or “Community: Pending”.

Preserved useful status and hint information without making screen reader announcements unnecessarily noisy.

Tested keyboard navigation and screen reader announcements.

Fixed repeated accessibility problems in shared components instead of patching every page individually.

Suggested by Odinaka Robert Nnamani

Basically, I cleaned up the accessibility too!! I made sure unnecessary labels and decorative icons don't create noise for screen readers, while meaningful information is still available. I also checked keyboard navigation and screen reader announcements, and fixed shared components wherever the same issue appeared across multiple pages.

And that's it! I have made huge changes to it!!

Finally, it feels like there will be nothing more to do!!

But still, one thing to think about...

Who is Crowdwide for?

Like, which kind of audience or people will use it??

Like, I made it, and I know what its algorithm does... but it's still not possible to be sure who will use Crowdwide.

Its algorithm is made for growing new voices while keeping the content relevant and engaging!

So what is it for? ... Is this the hardest question after building any solo project??

Because I still haven't got a proper number of users or an answer to figure it out properly!

Links:

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

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

Day 22 of Building Crowdwide: I Thought UI Polish Would Be Easy, BUT I WAS WRONGGGGG 😭

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:37:01 +0000

I was building the social media platform for newly created creators and someone who wants a simple place to post and make a community or indie page for growing. Crowdwide has an algorithm for that, which shows posts and things according to the interests of the user, and with its design, new people in a larger community get a chance to grow faster!!

The current state of Crowdwide is quite interesting.

I'm done with all its core features, and now it's time to just polish the UI and make it clearer, cleaner, and more authentic!

And I thought it would be a simple, easy task! What do I need to do? Just change the color and give it a few more CSS properties!!

BUT I WAS WRONGGGGG... 😭

I was deeply checking the UI of Crowdwide and found some places where margin was required, some places where padding was required, and some places where border-radius was destroying the look of the page (profile page).

After noting everything down, I found a few more things to change.

@effessdev suggested me to add optimistic UI.

I never thought this was an important part because if the server is working, it will hardly take 1–2 seconds to update, so I always ignored this thing. And in Crowdwide, I never thought that I should implement this, and wasn't expecting this as a suggestion too!!

But thanks, EffessDev, for pointing this out, and now I just fixed this too!!

And for UI and layout improvement, I was so confused. Odinaka Robert Nnamani, Rosana, and Oleksandr helped me and gave great suggestions!

So I have changed the sidebar, like made it separate from the layer of the feed. Now it opens and closes, and when it opens, the background gets blurred and a little dimmer, so it gets focused!

And I thought I should remove the gradient background, and now it feels good. But still, I kept that gradient background in some places, not removed completely from the platform.

and now UI looks something like this...:

And Crowdwide got:

13 members

65 posts shared

4 communities

And this is a shoutout to the top members of Crowdwide.

Thanks for the suggestions!!
comment if you think anything is left...

Links:

🌐 Live platform: https://www.crowdwide.run.place/

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

Day 21 of Building Crowdwide — Finally, Time to Polish the UI! 🎉

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:54:10 +0000

I was building Crowdwide, a social media platform I started for new indie devs, smaller communities, and smaller creators to raise their voices higher.

Your voice shouldn't be judged based on how big a platform you join. Everyone's voice should be equal.

And today is Day 21 of building Crowdwide!!!

YESSSSS!! 🔥🔥

Crowdwide is in a mostly stable state now! Its core features, main algorithm, mailing system, and recommendation system, Widewave, are finally DONE!

So now, it's time to polish the UI.

On Day 21, I'm just polishing the UI of Crowdwide.

The things I thought needed the most improvement were the background color combination, theme adaptability, and sidebar (THIS NEEDS HEAVY IMPROVEMENT!).

The background used to have gradients, but when users scrolled a lot, the background stretched and created a weird shade at the top.

In some themes, a few text colors weren't looking good and were making things difficult to read.

And the sidebar... I was SO confused about how it should look!

Like, should it be on the left or right?

When it opens, should it compress the page?

Or should it stay over the page without compressing anything, making the rest of the screen a bit darker to keep the focus on it?

SO MANY QUESTIONS 😭

FIXING...FIXING...FIXING...FIXING...FIXING...FIXING...FIXING...FIXING...

AND

DEPLOYING...DEPLOYING...DEPLOYING...DEPLOYING...DEPLOYING...DEPLOYING...

AND IT'S DONE!!!

I've fixed all those things, and now the UI looks better. I THINK THE UI LOOKS BETTER NOW!! 😂🔥

Also, a shoutout to Harun!

My brother Harun is organizing #HackerStage on October 25th! 🔥 If you love coding, building cool projects, or connecting with fellow builders, this is your chance to jump in, challenge yourself, and have fun with the community!

Check it out and join the jam 👇

https://hackerstage.netlify.app

Show some love, guys! 🐯🤝

And now, I think the things left are just handling basic updates based on requirements and user requests, and checking moderation.

THAT'S IT!!

21 DAYS OF BUILDING CROWWIDE! 🚀

LINKS 🔗

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

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

See you in the next update! 👋

Crowdwide Day 20: Almost Done… But There’s Always Something More! 😭

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:06:45 +0000

I was building a social media platform named Crowdwide!

It has this special thing about it... it helps the newer voices get discovered. Its algorithm is designed like that!!

So... for the newer voices and higher engagement, I just integrated Widewave, and I was not expecting it to get indexed on Google within 24 hours! 😭

More than 5 posts are getting indexed, and others will be there soon... lol.

That increases the reach of the platform and the posts of new voices.

So, I think all the algorithms, user engagement emails, notifications, and main features are almost done.

I think I just need a little UI improvement now! And then 2–3 days of testing!

And in UI improvements, I need to fix the sidebars, and a few buttons are very close to each other. I need to fix those, and... all set!

Finally, I feel like I'm at the moment where it's just done!

But idk how this just goes on. I need to add this... just this much, this much more... hmm... more and more...

But I think this is enough. I just need UI improvements now, and that's it for now!

Further, I got 12 users now, and 60 posts on Crowdwide are completed. Ik most of them are devlogs, but still, I count this as part of building, too. I also posted my old artwork there—a paper flower built by me:

https://www.crowdwide.run.place/posts/6ad739d24eabf9bab7720410

I will post things on it... some interesting things, and maybe on different topics...

I don't want its feed to get dead!

And the number of communities is still the same!

There's no major growth in the number of users. I found mostly old users there.

So, I will try to make a few more posts on different topics and try to continue until it gets its first 100 users.

Ik it may take a lot of time, but I will try this.

Not afraid of failing or just ending up with another ONLY showcase for my profile!

Links: https://www.crowdwide.run.place/

Day 19 of Building Crowdwide: Introducing WideWave!!

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:30:25 +0000

Well well well!!!

I was building a social media platform with an algorithm that helps new voices and communities grow through a special recommendation system. The algorithm isn't just about who joined first. Everyone gets an equal chance!

So, I've built most of the things. I just wanted to work on user retention and engagement, and that's what I've been working on.

First of all, I built a specialized email system that emails users after:

24 hours of inactivity

3 days of inactivity

7 days of inactivity

Every Sunday (newsletter)

Each email can also recommend posts based on the user's interests.

Then I was thinking...

Before this update, we had communities and free posts. When someone posted something, it mostly reached their followers. The problem? Even if users were interested in a particular topic, their feeds could still get mixed up with irrelevant content.

And if you posted in a community, your post mostly reached people who had joined that community.

So... keeping all this in mind, I built WideWave!

Introoooooooducingggg WideWave!!

Yea, it's like a new part of Crowdwide, with a much wider visibility. I know, right? 😭

There's a little glitch right now where images aren't loading properly, and I'm gonna fix it, hopefully tomorrow!

And the special thing about WideWave is that it has the potential to get posts in front of a much larger audience.

That's the main point! Helping posts reach the right audience and get more views and reach!

Right now, I think all the main things are built. I just need to fix that image bug and improve the navigation. That's it for now!

What do you think?

How can we get more users? How do we improve user retention?

Also, Crowdwide V2 is releasing on November 1, and this is one of the major updates I'm working on!

🌐 Try Crowdwide: https://www.crowdwide.run.place
WideWave: https://www.crowdwide.run.place/widewaves
💻 GitHub: https://github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Crowdwide

Day 18 of Building Crowdwide — Introducing WideWave?

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:31:03 +0000

I was building Crowdwide, a social media platform whose main purpose and algorithm are designed for indie devs and solo startups; it gives a better chance to new voices and communities. But it's not only for them, everyone can use it! It's just that the starting idea came from there!

I released its v1 on Oct 3, 2026, but it was the first version built by a solo dev, so it had so many bugs. So, while fixing them, debugging, and doing all the maintenance, I'm here on Day 18 of Crowdwide.

I announced batches and streaks.

AND THEY ARE FINALLY RELEASED!! YOU CAN CHECK THEM OUT!!

And I noticed that even if a user logs back into Crowdwide, they don't have a strong reason to post on it.

That's why I added a daily question.

Lemme show you some 👀

Then yesterday, I made a funny reply to my own Crowdwide user 💀

And I took a survey on Crowdwide, and the results were pretty much expected.

Most of the users said they don't visit back or engage less because Crowdwide has content they're not interested in (roughly 70% of users).

And I thought, why is there no content? If there's no content... then why don't they post lol...

Okay, so I think I should upload some writings there, and I should upload some starting seeds.

But one more problem... WHERE SHOULD I UPLOAD IT?????

Like, if I post in the feed simply from my account, it'll get normal engagement, and it might get mixed up with too much irrelevant content, right?? And the algorithm also needs 4–5 engagements to understand a user's interests...

So I thought I should post in a Crowdwide community, but FAAAAAAAAAHHH 💀

They're mostly for people who have joined them. Assume someone hasn't joined a community. How would they get that content!???!!
community post get suggested but for proper values you need to join it and if you didnt...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...

IDEAAAAAAAA BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 🎉

So I came up with a new idea... you might be thinking, "not again, not again" lol.

A new part of Crowdwide whose name is...

is....

iss.....

"WideWave"

It's a little bit different from an open post on Crowdwide and a community post on Crowdwide.

This is specially built for a larger audience to get its content. You don't need to join any community or follow anything.

It'll be like a whole open area! Where content of interest will be added, no filter, all just there! (Under moderation, of course, so no one can post illegal content or anything like that.)

And its names will be like ww/[community_name].

Ngl, I got this idea from Reddit 😂

And you can create your own WW, and I think this is gonna be better for people who wanna share or reach a larger audience.

For people who like art, writing, startup discussions, lifestyle sharing, etc!

It's under development right now, and it'll be one of the most major additions for Crowdwide v2.

Also, I checked out another site to see whether Crowdwide has a chance to become a proper social media platform, either mainstream or a bit outside the mainstream.

Their answer? The chances were VERY low.

Most estimates were around 2–4%.

So, yea, let's try it. If all this works, great... or I'll get a new learning experience and an idea to work on something even better in my life.

HAPPY DUSSSHERAAA TO EVERYONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 🎆🎇

If you have any ideas or suggestions, throw them in! It doesn't matter if they're bad or good, just try!

As I'm doing... trying to get the best and getting to know what the best looks like!?

That's all for Day 18!

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

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

Day 17 of Building Crowdwide — Trying to Bring Users Back!!

Puneet Kumar Mishra — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:13:38 +0000

I was building Crowdwide, a social media platform I started working on on 9 Sept 2026 (the day I created the GitHub repo).

That was the day when it was at 0, and now, after 1 month and 10 days, it has lots of features and 11 users!!

But I noticed that users are there, but they barely come back.

So I decided to focus on getting users now.

so what new did i change to achieve this in crowdwide?

there was no common social media feature left to implement at this point!!

so now i just thought that i should call the users back by notifications.

i implemented these:

After 24 hours away: a community question they can answer. It picks an open question that matches their interests and has few replies. If none exists, it sends Today's Question.

After 3 days: the most active discussion matching their interests, plus a line on what's new this week (new posts, members, communities).

After 7 days: a last "what you missed" note with replies, likes, and new followers on their posts, plus top posts. It says it's the last reminder.

Channels: each goes by email, by push if they have push notifications turned on, and as a notification waiting in the app. If there's nothing worth saying, nothing is sent.

and these were for when the user isn't coming back, but if the user comes back, what will he do??

like no task??

so i came up with that... that i should give him some task, like answering any question. not a maths or physics question lol.

i mean a funny, short, concise question.

and u will be able to answer other people's questions too!!

also, the Privacy page now mentions the reminders.

thinking of adding more things now... maybe today you'll see something like streaks and badges... that's under development right now!!

reddit...

also, to get ideas for getting more users, i was checking out other similar platforms that match Crowdwide's category.

like reddit!!

and idk why this happens only to me.

i was on reddit, opened a page on r/startupideaindia, and saw a post from a user saying that he was a tea seller who wanted to get more buyers but wasn't very professional.

he wanted a B2B setup, but he didn't have enough funding and was self-funded, so he was asking for advice and tips.

i commented below with something like:

create hype or try something unique.

like, with tea, provide unique-looking cups or teabags that look normal but show a beautiful picture when dipped in tea.

also, if you're targeting indian people, give them something special on festivals.

like diwali special cups.

india is a price-sensitive market. make them feel like they paid less and got more!!

and they just removed my content, ngl. it was written by me 1000%.

WHYYYY???

so i decided to never implement any useless algorithm on Crowdwide like reddit, which does this.

and while posting the comment, they said i had to wait 3 minutes. i waited 3 mins, then posted it and...

they just removed it for no reason!!

but i also wanted to know how these bots work.

should i implement something like this on Crowdwide??

but fine!!

i don't need bots on Crowdwide.

less users but real users!!

Links:

🌐 Live website: https://www.crowdwide.run.place/

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