Dabel Product Notes #2
This month, user safety and the new Message Board were our main focus.
Message Board
We are so excited to finally release the Message Board feature!
The Message Board is located in the profile section and is where you can leave text comments directly on someone’s profile. This is a great way to not only communicate when you’re not doing a stream, but also to set up a time to stream together!
Just remember, all comments are publicly visible, but your message board will remain invisible to any blocked users
Stream tiles are also bigger now, letting you read the entire title and get a better idea of what a stream is about before you join.
User Safety
In an ideal world, everybody would just get along.
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We get that it doesn’t always work that way and safety measures are necessary. In Dabel, if you have issues with another user, you can block them to make sure they can’t see your profile or hosted streams. However, if a blocked user is someone else’s stream, this is where things get tricky.
The user always has control over which stream they join, but it’s fair to get a warning about who is there. This is why we made a change to show a warning dialogue to let you know there is a blocked user in a stream as a speaker or a listener.
Some other notes:
- Sound notification for when a user adds a text comment needs to be reduced in volume
- For host: sound notification for when a listener has switched on “Want to Talk”
- Enable selection of text in comments field to let users copy and paste text
- After a listener is invited to be a speaker after they turn on “Want to Talk”, send the listener a sound notification
- Add label for user roles: “Speaker,” “Host,” and “Listener.”
What’s Next?
The next version will feature a toggle to automatically share a link on Twitter when you start the stream!
For the message board, we’re developing a reply system to let users respond to specific messages and notify the original writer of your message!
👋 Join the Dabel Town Hall every other Thursday or leave comments on the saved stream for questions and feedback: https://dabel.app/?c=5d7c4225a0bdc951201b6605a5f6013af75e1738
