[cornfieldlabs]

new users will face the empty feed problem since by design one can't find anyone without their code.

No "People you may know" or "select at least N interests or follow N accounts to continue".

I think early adopters will invite their friends to join and that is the only way.

Got any suggestions?

[vishalontheline]

Show 3 walls side by side: updates by friends, interactions by direct connections on shares by friends of friends, and public stories by those nearby (geographically). The latter could also turn into a way for local businesses to promote themselves. Keep the 3 in separate lanes in order to let the user decide how much they want to doom scroll.

[sebastiennight]

You're basically describing the 3 default pages for a new user on a Mattermost instance :)

[cornfieldlabs]

Thanks for the thoughts.

But we are not interested turning into Facebook. You will only see posts of your friends and nothing more.

I was spending 8+ hours a day doom scrolling which led to this idea. I just want to see what my friends want me to see and that's it.

[vishalontheline]

Sure thing. Oh - maybe let people follow non-friends that they want to see public updates from, and make everyone follow you, so their walls won't be so empty on Day 1 ;).

[cornfieldlabs]

Thanks :)

Few others have suggested the same. But it kind of defeats the purpose since the goal is to see updates from your close friends and have only private profils. Even though empty feed is not good, it's a feature in our platform. We want to see what users do when the feed is empty. Only real way to have a non empty feed without compromising the core idea is letting users invite friends.

I am thinking along those lines!