Liner Notes, Vol. 1: Push Alerts, Google Sign-In, Blogs and Events

We ship updates every few weeks, and from now on you’ll find the rundown here on my new blog and emailed to you as an announcement if you’re a member.

New on we the loud

• Push notifications. Replies, DMs and mentions should now hit your phone or desktop the second they happen. Say yes when your browser asks and you’re set. 
• Sign in with Google fix. One tap, no password to forget. Your current login still works.
• Member blogs. Got more to say than a post can hold? Start a blog on your profile. Tour diaries, thoughts, cosplay build notes, commentaries, etc. LiveJournal energy, minus the 2004 mood music (unless you want that – looking at you, Millennials).
• Events. The calendar is live. Find shows and meetups near you, and add your own.
• Explore got a glow-up. Event cards now show the date, venue and cover art up front, and patches finally show off their artwork.

fixed and tuned

• Connect with someone and you now follow each other automatically. One handshake, not two.
• Changed your profile photo? It updates right away now instead of clinging to the old one.
• Better contrast across the site, so text reads easier for everyone, especially on smaller screens and for anyone with low vision.
• New comments, votes and edits show up instantly.
• Mentions no longer tag people as “null” when suggestions load slowly. Apologies to everyone who briefly became null.
• Poll results now display correctly for everyone.
• Dates and times line up properly across the site.
• Notification emails got a cleanup. Shorter, clearer, and they finally look like us.
• New members now get a welcome email series that shows them around.

Coming up

• Marketplace. The big one. Canadian makers, artists and vendors selling direct to you at a flat 5% fee. We’re well past halfway.
• Event ticketing. Buy tickets right from the event page.
• Stories. 24-hour posts with a “seen by” list.

Want to watch it come together? Follow the roadmap.

Found a bug?

Email support@wetheloud.com with what happened, where it happened, and what device you were on. Screenshots help a ton. I read every one.

What should we build after the marketplace? Drop it in the comments.

Stay loud,

Joey

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Joey

Founder of We The Loud. I built this place so we could stop shouting into Zuck’s void. If something breaks, tell me. It’s a beta, so it will.

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