#139 - (A Bit) More Social!

#139

                            February 13, 2023

                #139 - (A Bit) More Social!

                        Prioritising Community features (for those that want it!), a new user sign-up milestone, and the upcoming streak feature!

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#139 | 13 February 2023

A bit more social...

Apart from when we added friends and buddy reads, social/community features have rarely been the priority at StoryGraph, and that's been an intentional decision. (The linked issue, #34, is from January 2020!)

However, we've now grown to the point where the lack of ways to connect with other readers and build community within the app is becoming the main source of friction for some.

People want to find their friends more easily and be able to interact with them in a wider variety of ways!

And so we've decided to have "Community" be a focus for 2023, releasing a bunch of features that make it easier and quicker to find people you already know, whether online or IRL, and connect with new reading buddies, creating a livelier, richer, and more interactive experience on StoryGraph.

Only if you want that though!

A core part of our identity is being a private, peaceful, safe space first and foremost, with all social features being opt-in, and we have no plans to stray away from that. 😌

Since last time...

We reached another user sign-up milestone! 🎉

January was a big month for us in general with 85.4 million pageviews across 5.7 million unique visitors! 🤩

Product development in the last couple of weeks has mainly been focused on ironing out little bugs and adding some extra polish to wrap up the redesign and Dark Mode work.

One of the things we've improved is the Up Next Queue "move" and "drag-and-drop" functionality!

Next two weeks

Hopefully our streak feature is out, or close to being out, by the next issue as we've been telling everyone they're getting it this month! 😅 😂

What I'm reading

I asked our Instagram followers which of my audiobooks (gifted to me via Libro.fm's ALC Program) I should listen to next and they voted for Julia Whelan's Thank You for Listening. I'm really enjoying it so far!

Have a great week,

Nadia

P.S. Know somebody who's an avid reader or would enjoy following along with this journey? Please do forward this email to them! Thank you. :-)

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