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

Puneet Kumar Mishra on October 30, 2026

I was building a social media platform with a special algorithm that gives new voices or communities a better chance of being discovered. And... i...
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EffessDev • • Edited

Thanks for the mention bro! 🫡 Can you make going to crowdwide.run.place automatically redirect to crowdwide.run.place/dashboard for logged in users? If you don't want that, can you show an "Open app" button for logged-in users? The current "Open app" button is not visible on mobile (without opening nav):

I mean, maybe keep it next to "Create account" or something? 🤔 I am not sure about this so don't take my word blindly...

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

TRUSTING U BLINDLY AGAIN!!
and be ready to get mentioned in post too!

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EffessDev •

But I gave you multiple options 🤔

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

YEA...
you will be redirected to dashboard directly!
no need to open the nav and click on "open app"

just deploying...
wait for it...
maybe live in just 5-6min

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EffessDev •

Wow you're fast!

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

wait... its not done...
got 2 errors...
lol

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 • • Edited

I want to contribute! But I don't have the time right now.😅

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Puneet Kumar Mishra • • Edited

contribution for...

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Crowdwide 😅

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

as a brand ambassador 👀?
or like a developer? 😅

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Both

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

can i add your name on main side of crowdwide...
as brand ambassador...
like i just wanted some one to be brand ambassador
nothing else... lol...

and you can create a pull request...
like just adding few ";" or 2-3 comments... i will merge that... 😅 and... you will be a dev in crowdwide too!

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vijay •

Huge congratulations on reaching Day 28! Building and shipping in public while maintaining a daily update streak takes insane discipline. The UI consistency updates on the sidebar look so much cleaner now!

As for stopping daily updates: switching to weekly or feature-based milestones after the November 1st v2 release might actually give you more breathing room to focus on deep feature dev and user onboarding without burnout. Keep pushing, Puneet! 👏

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Thank you so much! ❤️ Really appreciate you following the journey. And I agree, moving to weekly or feature-based updates after the v2 release sounds like a smart move. It'll give me more time to focus on building and improving Crowdwide. One step at a time!

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

Bruh didiiiiii
I wanted that brand ambassador post
Also maybe CTO developer too

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

bruhhh you never told me! 😭

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

saari umra me joker baniya raha

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

😭🤣🤣🤣🤣 bruhhh!!!

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Alex Shev •

Personalization is strongest when the user can still predict the system. A small explanation—what preference changed this view and how to reset it—prevents the product from feeling random. That also gives you a practical test: the default path should remain usable for someone with no profile history at all.

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

That's a really valuable perspective, Alex!

I especially agree with the point about keeping personalization predictable. Personalization should make the experience feel more relevant, not random.

We're still evolving this part of Crowdwide, and adding more transparency around why users see certain content, along with an easy way to reset preferences, is definitely worth considering.

Also, ensuring the default experience works well without any profile history is something we shouldn't overlook.

Thanks for sharing this thoughtful feedback!

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Hanzla Baig •

Nice ✨✨

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Nice as Ice 😅

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mp3sss •

The sidebar bug is the classic regression I see in desktop apps too — you fix a layout for one window size and silently break another, because nothing checks the boundaries you're not looking at. Ranking by engagement (views without reactions downgrading a post) is a smart lightweight relevance model, and the interest-shift probe is a nice touch. Worth adding window-size snapshots to CI so 'works on my screen' stops being a per-developer claim.