member.cash modern theme is live

My modern and responsive theme for member.cash is now live as the DEFAULT theme! Thank you for all the feedback and a big thank you to @freetrade who has been super helpful and accommodating. There are still some style bugs/ tweaks that need to be worked out so expect more updates over the following weeks. After these bugs have been address I will start working on a 🌙 dark mode for member.

Go check out the new theme, create an account and say hello to free speech!!

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member updates

member is continuously improving but we need your help to keep the development going. If you support free speech and are in a position to donate then this is for you. Freetrade (members lead dev) has created a flipstarter to raise funds to continue development of the platform go check it out here: https://flipstarter.member.cash/

ROADMAP

BRAND

1. Logo - Member.cash strong distinctive logo and brand

STRATEGIES TO GAIN TRACTION

1. Run contests for great content

2. Reward quality content with tips

3. Hire/tip experts to seed topics (communities) with advice and content

4. Hire/tip moderators so that spam, begging and off-topic filters are created

5. Interface Translations - Spanish, Chinese, Filipino

ENGAGEMENT FEATURES

1. Retweets - A new Memo protocol action for users to retweet (or re-member!) posts. This is a critically important feature to drive engagement. With retweets, any user's post can be retweeted - this incentivizes good content and it is an exciting prospect for users to be rebroadcast across the whole network.

2. Notifications on replies in threads - An option to create a notification any time there is a new reply in a thread that a member has commented in.

3. Post previews - When posts are linked from Twitter, or in a search index, there is no post or text preview for links to member.cash. Having a preview will be helpful for search ranking and for getting visits from Twitter.

4. Notifications on mobile app - Member uses a progressive webapp for mobile devices. Add notifications will allow members to see right away if they have new notifications.

USABILITY FEATURES

1. Faucet - One of the roadblocks new users face is getting a few cents of Bitcoin Cash to play around with. Once they have a few posts, they can usually get some tips to keep going. We'll have a faucet, human moderated if needed, to supply a few cents to genuine new users.

2. Improved markdown editor for medium style articles - read.cash uses the tiptap editor for markdown - it's great and I'd like to allow members to use that or a similar editor to easily create compelling long medium style posts.

3. Redesign top menu / hamburger menu with usability in mind

4. Check funds before posting - useful when posting long replies/articles and judging how many transactions/satoshis are required for a post.

INFORMATIONAL FEATURES

1. Show tips - This will allow users to see which other users tipped a post at a glance.

2. Moderator tools/interface - Allow members to see which posts/members were flagged by which moderators.

3. Profile of user on mouse over - Get quick access to information about Members on mouse over.

INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS

1. Profile Pics - The server will download and supply profile pics to improve the user interface

2. Media integrations - Currently Twitter/YouTube/Imgur are supported - I have a list of other media I'd like to display inline

3. Modern Theme - Updating the theme to use modern CSS frameworks to make member.cash feel contemporary.

ALGORITHMIC IMPROVEMENTS

1. Improved algorithm for web of trust - This algorithm needs a rework to provide meaningful web of trust ratings for users.