The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries logo

The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries

Subscribe
Archives
April 6, 2020

#44 - Personalisation V1

Our 'Personalisation V1' roadmap: Private profiles, following users (not in a social network way!), and ordering results to find your next read!

View this email in your browser
A mini-roadmap
 
What does the first version of giving The StoryGraph users a more personal experience look like?

Private Profiles

Some people just want to be able to use the site without anyone seeing what they're up to.

What's more personal than allowing a user to keep wholly to themselves? 😁

Following Users

"Hey!", I hear some of you say, "didn't you say you weren't doing any more social features?" 🤨

This won't be a social feature in the traditional sense — there are no follower numbers or notifications!

One of the main ways users discover books is via our News Feed:
 

By being able to follow others, we're giving users the ability to craft a News Feed filled only with people that have similar reading tastes to them or those whose reading lives they're curious to explore. 🤓

Ordering results

Right now, performing a filter search returns books in the order they were last updated.

However, some users are most concerned about length. What's the shortest book that fits my mood right now? (Yes, AN, that's a nod to you. 😏)

Others want to prioritise books published in the last month, staying up-to-date with new releases.

And some would love to know: out of all the funny books on the site, which of these will make me laugh the hardest?

Let's help you order the results by the dimension you care about the most! 😎
Last week
 
Private Profiles?  ✅
 

Following Users?  ✅
 
This week

Ordering results  🔜

Rob was hard at work last week on the first steps to making our 'order by you' product dreams a reality.

Let's just say I had the pleasure of viewing a spreadsheet that surfaced some books on the site that I'd never heard of before that may end up being new favourites. 👀

This is the shortest, newest release on the site:
 

 
This week, I'll be working on making something like this easier to surface!
What I'm reading right now 

Starting this one today! Will finally get to see what all the fuss is about.
 

Have you read it?

Have a great week,

Nadia

P.S. If you know a friend who's an avid mood reader or would enjoy following along with this journey, please do forward this email to them! Thank you. :-)
 
Haven't tried the beta site yet? Give it a go today!
Were you forwarded this email?
If you liked what you read, you can subscribe for future updates and catch up on past ones.
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Copyright © 2024 The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries, All rights reserved.

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51)">Subscribe for a behind-the-scenes look at my StoryGraph founder journey and beyond.</span></p>

Did this email take you longer than one minute to read? Let me know!

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.
Don't miss what's next. Subscribe to The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries:
Bluesky Threads X Bookshop.org LinkedIn Instagram Personal Website
Powered by Buttondown, the easiest way to start and grow your newsletter.