I understand Pinkary isn't meant to replace major social networks, but it has some blind spots that should be addressed.
Recently, we've seen multiple posts from an enthusiastic user, and the newsfeed algorithm prevents this person from freely creating content on their Pinkary page without flooding the global feed.
Since Pinkary also serves as a link repository (similar to Linktree), it would be valuable to let users post content or snippets without overwhelming others when someone simply wants to build their profile.
How could we improve the app to enable free content creation without impacting everyone else, while still preserving user enthusiasm and creativity?
Some ideas:
- Improve feed to show less posts from the same users in a row
- Separating profile posts from feed posts
- Adding content visibility settings
- Letting users customize their feed content
- Creating dedicated spaces for different content types
- Prevent the creation of too many posts in short time
Another blind spot is that we have no way to mute, hide, or block users. If such actions become necessary, we're currently powerless. This is a security issue to me. And since this is an open-source project that anybody might use as a foundation for their own communities, shouldn't these features be available out-of-the-box?
(as example, maybe some of you think I should be muted, haha)
I'm not committing to developing new features, but I just want to discuss and know what you are thinking about whether this would be feasible and worthwhile. (or not.)
I know @nunomaduro said he was done with the project and is busy elsewhere, but does Pinkary deserve some extra love as it's a very good piece of software? :-)