[NoahECampbell]

That was something I had wanted to do but couldnt figure out how to do right away so went with this slightly worse approach as a temporary thing to just get something out there, but that totally makes sense and would definitely improve the UX

[neverartful]

One possibility would be for you to create a demo account with credentials demo/demo and pre-populate some interesting content that would demonstrate some of the interesting features. Then add some text on landing page to indicate that demo account can be used to kick the tires.

[NoahECampbell]

Yeah thats what my current plan is after seeing all the advice and tips that I've been given here, give new users a demo and seeing if its something they want to sign up for in the first place

[replwoacause]

My advice is ask ChatGPT if you aren’t sure. Can’t tell you how many things it’s helped me to flesh out.

[0xbeefcab]

I have very little webdev experience so my advice might be completely useless, but some google searches show either long polling or websockets as a solution to this problem. Either way, good job

[NoahECampbell]

You and me both, but I totally agree that it would be better if it was done asynchronously, either by default or as an option for the user so they can still do other things on the site