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Building just enough
The task read: "A user can like a News Feed item".
I was scared.
This is a big feature.
How will 'liking' work? Thumbs up, hearts, emoji reactions? What will the design be?
How will users know that their stuff has been 'liked'? What if users don't want notifications? So, I also need to develop privacy and notification settings...
And how will I show who else has 'liked' the same thing?
😩😩😩
And then I had a brainwave!
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If you're on the Community News Feed and someone just started reading one of your favourite books, or you saw a review that helped you decide what your next read was going to be, you can hit the heart button to 'like' the update:
But, that's pretty much all you can do right now (apart from see how many other people on the site also appreciated the same update). And you won't be alerted if anyone 'liked' your own news feed items.
Now, I wait.
I wait for the inevitable feedback: "I'd really like to be able to...". "How do I...?". "I was expecting...".
I will look for the repeated points, the patterns. Those will help me figure out what the best way for me to build on this feature is.
One of the amazing Editors described my development methodology perfectly the other day :
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