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... π
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 rememberedβmaybe they just didn't see the "Open App" option and directly clicked on "Join Crowdwide" or "Sign In" again. π
UI mattersss, my brothaaa... UI matterssssssss ππ₯
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!! π
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! π
And currently, Crowdwide has this much progress:
21 members
80 posts shared
4 communities
Finally completed 80 posts!! ππ₯
Links:
π Crowdwide: https://www.crowdwide.run.place
π» GitHub: https://github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Crowdwide
Top comments (19)
Honestly this is getting serious right now π«‘
seriously! What started as just me building in public is slowly turning into something real now π
Yeah!
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Do you go to JEE coaching or something? Or just self learning?
Haha π that's actually a good question
But I feel like this is the kind of random personal conversation that belongs in Crowdwide chats rather than under a Day 29 update ππ€π
Ask me in chatπ
Oh you aren't like @akhourianmolkumar then! π€£
β yea...
ik that more comments ---> Active discussion of DEV
but... i keep things simple... and not running for that π ππ
Bruhh my bro and CTO effessdev is roasting me bro but now days I'm not saying you for active discussion
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Guys punnet congrats π on crowdwide this is serious now and one tip you are in builder mindset now change it to founder , real founders dont just build they distribute
Thank you so much, Harun! And honestly⦠that's a really good point.
I've been so focused on building and improving Crowdwide that I probably need to put more energy into the founder mindset, distribution, reaching people, and growing the community
Time to build and distribute π₯
And seriously, thank you for being part of this journey too helping find bugs, suggesting improvements, and even helping with moderation. That support genuinely means a lot!
Bro iam looking forward to getting crowdwide to a better place because we help each other grow bro if want any technial help feel free to ask
brooo, that genuinely means a lot we really do help each other grow, and Iβm looking forward to seeing where Crowdwide goes with everyone contributing and improving it together!
And absolutely Iβll definitely come to you when I get stuck technically π€ Thanks again, bro! π₯
No thanks needed we are bros
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Congratulations ππ»π
ThAnK YoU DiDi :D!!