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Below your avatar in the first sidebar, you'll find your + name and username. + + When you sign up for Socii, you're automatically logged in and + given a generated username based on your email address so feel + free to change it if something like `paul927465` doesn't quite fit + you. Anecdotally, I've noticed that as people go through life + changes they tend to want user/name changes as well so I've made + Socii unreliant on usernames on the back-end. Friends and + followers would want to know if you go from `SuperAwesomeMegaTon` + to `netop://~tonton` and I'm building a notification system to + accommodate that. + + There are currently no limits on username changes and I can + conceivably see how harassment could occur with it. You'll be + equipped with proper muting and blocking tools should you + unwittingly connect with an annoying person. + + In the other sidebar, you'll see something called "top 8". Older + readers will remember the *glory* that was MySpace and I wanted to + bring that back as I found it useful. + + Sometimes I just want to visit a friend's page and I forget what + their username is (and, if you follow a lot of people who post + more often than your friend(s), you'll miss their posts). I sure + know what my friends *look* like though and it'll be pretty sweet + to see which shapes they choose for their avatars. + + And of course you'll find your personal stream of posts. Within + each post block is a menu indicator that contains actions for + editing your post, quick copying of the direct link to the post, + pinning the post to your profile, and deleting the post. If you + want to like your own post for some reason, you can definitely do + that. You can also create threads by responding to your own posts. + + 2. Post creation + + ๐ธ[Post creator, clean][IMG2] + ๐ธ[Post creator with a code snippet][IMG3] + ๐ธ[That rendered code snippetโฆwish it had color][IMG4] + + Socii supports Markdown! I'm using a customized version of + Showdown[1] to enable it. The eye icon in the footer of the post + creator allows for previewing what your post will look like when + it's live. The character limit is 150 for reasons that will become + apparent in a couple months, after I ship a major + (secret) feature. + + However, your post can be up to *5,000 characters* long if you so + choose! ๐ฐ That'd be *extremely* annoying to attempt scrolling in + a feed so posts longer than 150 characters will be truncated by + default with a button to expand it should anyone want to read the + entire thing. The question mark icon will give you quick tips on + how to use Markdown to add a bit of flavor to your posts. + + If you'd like to read a long post but don't have time at the + moment, you can save that post for future reading. + + ๐ธ[Respond to your own post to create a thread][IMG5] + + For the moment, only one post status type is available and that is + "publish". Forthcoming updates will bring three more: drafts, + queues, and schedule. Similarly, the only post creator mode + available is "text" but future updates will bring photo, audio, + and video options. + + 3. In progress + + There's still a good amount of work to get done. For starters, + there's no way for you to change your avatar and that's the + *first* thing I do when joining a new service. I also want to get + notifications and the global/top 8 feeds working. I think being + able to toggle between what everyone is talking about versus + whomever in your top 8 is talking about will be neat. + + I want to be more open about developing Socii for a + couple reasons: + + 1. I want this social network to be good for people. + 2. I develop in a vacuum and while I share updates with a couple + people IRL, I think other people could benefit from what I'm + learning in the process. + 3. External reminder of what I have accomplished. Most people can + agree that we accomplish things but beat ourselves up for that + *one* thing we didn't do. That's demoralizing and I don't want + to stop before Socii gets into people's hands. + + With that said, I'm making a new commitment to releasing Socii at + the end of this month for alpha access to members of my mailing + list. If you haven't joined yet, you can find it at + socii.network[2]. For more information about Socii, you can read + this post[3] or check out the manifesto on Socii's official + marketing page. + + 4. Things I've learned + + I figured it'd be a good idea to share what I've learned since my + last blog post about Socii: + + 1. I'm tired of rounded corners everywhere. I've removed + `border-radius` from all the Sass files. + 2. GraphQL is awesome. However, I've been building REST APIs for + the past month and have two microservices to handle things thus + far and that means I'm not transitioning to GraphQL until maybe + version 1 of Socii is solidified. ๐ค Wish I learned of it + sooner (it's basically a better way to do REST and talk + to servers). + 3. Styling with `:root`. This[4] is how everyone will have + customized profile pages. I don't know why every example I've + seen it used has root styles overriding each other. I try to + write my CSS in a way that doesn't have style overrides because + it's a hassle to deal with. If you have `:root.user` styling, + just have `:root:not(.user)` for your default styling. Easy. + + That's all for now, see ya! ๐ธ + +References + + [1] <https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown> + [2] <https://socii.network/welcome> + [3] </WM-023> + [4] <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:root> + [IMG1] <https://๐ฅ.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2018/socii-dispatch-01-a.jpg> + [IMG2] <https://๐ฅ.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2018/socii-dispatch-01-b.jpg> + [IMG3] <https://๐ฅ.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2018/socii-dispatch-01-c.jpg> + [IMG4] <https://๐ฅ.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2018/socii-dispatch-01-d.jpg> + [IMG5] <https://๐ฅ.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2018/socii-dispatch-01-e.jpg> |