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This is less a blog post and more a list of things I’ve spent a lot of time meditating -and eventually ended up- implementing for reasons (that unfortunately don’t all fall under the banner of good software design and more under the banner of satisfying fleeting biases)

  • The user must chat

  • The user must accept chat

  • The user must reject chat

  • users should be lookable without matching

  • The user must disable being lookable without matching

  • The user must chat without matching

  • The user must disable being approached for chatting without matching

  • The user must have privacy

  • The user must disable having privacy

  • The user must block other users from matching

  • The user must scroll on desktop

  • The user must swipe on mobile

  • The user should be notified by email

  • The user should disable being notified by email

  • The user should be notified while on-site

  • The user should be notified with different logic for every area

  • The user must delete his signpost

  • The user must delete himself

  • …and probably 50 more


Honorable Mentions

  • The user must choose geography (Not implemented)

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