We’re almost done with Votap…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 68 | Current: 1350 We’re almost done with Votap… That’s what I used to think. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be building Votap Premium, setting up subscriptions, and generating revenue for the first time. In my head it was always: just get to this point… this is the last step and then we’re done. But it doesn’t really work like that. Every time I got...
Apple owns 30% of my startup now?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 67 | Current: 1350 Apple owns 30% of my startup now? Okay… not exactly 🤣 but it definitely feels like it. I’m almost done making Votap fully GDPR compliant, so naturally the next step is monetization. Votap Premium is coming. Extra features, small perks, cosmetics. Basically moving from just building to actually generating revenue. And then I ran into this:...
Apple owns 30% of my startup now?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 67 | Current: 1350 Apple owns 30% of my startup now? Okay… not exactly 🤣 but it definitely feels like it. I’m almost done making Votap fully GDPR compliant, so naturally the next step is monetization. Votap Premium is coming. Extra features, small perks, cosmetics. Basically moving from just building to actually generating revenue. And then I ran into this:...
This is why the EU could shut down my app...
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 66 | Current: 1348 This is why the EU could shut down my app... …okay, not that dramatic 🤣 But GDPR is something I’ve been working through properly now. If you’re building anything in Europe, you can’t ignore it. Especially for an app like Votap where people are interacting with political content. So here’s how I’m approaching it: Transparency & consent:...
This is why the EU could shut down Votap…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 66 | Current: 1348 This is why the EU could shut down Votap… …okay, not that dramatic 🤣 But GDPR is something I’ve been working through properly now. If you’re building anything in Europe, you can’t ignore it. Especially for an app like Votap where people are interacting with political content. So here’s how I’m approaching it: Transparency & consent: part...
I just hit the kill switch on my own app…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 65 | Current: 1348 I just hit the kill switch on my own app… And honestly… every app should have this. Right after pushing the new update, I wanted to test it like a normal user. Very soon I spotted a bug. Because of a concurrency issue, some users who already had a username assigned could sometimes see the picker again… and sometimes not. That’s the worst...
I just hit the kill switch on my own app…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 65 | Current: 1348 I just hit the kill switch on my own app… And honestly… every app should have this. Right after pushing the new update, I wanted to test it like a normal user. Very soon I spotted a bug. Because of a concurrency issue, some users who already had a username assigned could sometimes see the picker again… and sometimes not. That’s the worst...
My app has been dead for a week...
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 64 | Current: 1348 Votap has been dead for a week… …not really. I was just in a full-on developer battle 🤣 Version 1.5.2 is now submitted for review and should be live very soon. And this one is big. Now things get interesting: → you get notified when someone likes your comment → you get notified when someone replies to you (push + in-app) → you open a...
Votap has been dead for a week…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 64 | Current: 1348 Votap has been dead for a week… …not really. I was just in a full-on developer battle 🤣 Version 1.5.2 is now submitted for review and should be live very soon. And this one is big. Now things get interesting: → you get notified when someone likes your comment → you get notified when someone replies to you (push + in-app) → you open a...
Soon you’ll be able to tell your fellow citizen to go to hell…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 63 | Current: 1346 Soon you’ll be able to tell your fellow citizen to go to hell… …or, ideally, have a proper debate. I’m about 90% done building a dedicated thread system for Votap. You comment on a politician or an article. Someone replies → you get notified (push + in-app). You tap it → and land straight in a thread. You’ll see: → the original comment...
Soon you’ll be able to tell your fellow citizen to go to hell…
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 63 | Current: 1346 Soon you’ll be able to tell your fellow citizen to go to hell… …or, ideally, have a proper debate. I’m about 90% done building a dedicated thread system for Votap. You comment on a politician or an article. Someone replies → you get notified (push + in-app). You tap it → and land straight in a thread. You’ll see: → the original comment...
If you could own a part of Votap… would you?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 62 | Current: 1295 If you could own a part of Votap… would you? Ever since we started thinking about crowdfunding, the idea really grew on me. What surprised me the most is that a lot of early users started asking: “Is there a way to support you?” That means a lot. Because these people are here for the idea and the vision, not because the app is perfect or...
If you could own a part of Votap… would you?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 62 | Current: 1295 If you could own a part of Votap… would you? Ever since we started thinking about crowdfunding, the idea really grew on me. What surprised me the most is that a lot of early users started asking: “Is there a way to support you?” That means a lot. Because these people are here for the idea and the vision, not because the app is perfect or...
I dream about… tokens??
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 61 | Current: 1295 I dream about… tokens?? Push notifications in Votap have been pretty simple so far. If you follow a politician or based on your country → we send topic-based notifications (basically broadcast to a group). Easy. But now I’m building notifications for comment replies… Which means: they have to be user-specific. And suddenly everything...
I dream about… tokens??
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 61 | Current: 1295 I dream about… tokens?? Push notifications in Votap have been pretty simple so far. If you follow a politician or based on your country → we send topic-based notifications (basically broadcast to a group). Easy. But now I’m building notifications for comment replies… Which means: they have to be user-specific. And suddenly everything...
Over 100 users have already chosen their fate. Will you be the next?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 60 | Current: 1294 Over 100 users have already chosen their fate. Will you be the next? That’s how many people have already generated their username through the new update. Now onto step two: I’m currently working on making conversations actually feel like conversations. You’ll be able to: → tag the person you’re replying to → get notified when someone...
Over 100 users have already chosen their fate. Will you be the next?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users — Day 60 | Current: 1294 Over 100 users have already chosen their fate. Will you be the next? That’s how many people have already generated their username through the new update. Now onto step two: I’m currently working on making conversations actually feel like conversations. You’ll be able to: → tag the person you’re replying to → get notified when someone...
Most Votap users are… Curious Warriors?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 59 | Current: 1288 Most Votap users are… Curious Warriors? New update is LIVE. You can now generate your username (quick mini game). I started looking at the data… and some patterns are already showing. A lot of people are landing in categories like: Curious + Warriors I guess we’re ready for battle then 🤣 It’s fun to see how people pick (or reroll) their...
Most Votap users are… Curious Warriors?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 59 | Current: 1288 Most Votap users are… Curious Warriors? New update is LIVE. You can now generate your username (quick mini game). I started looking at the data… and some patterns are already showing. A lot of people are landing in categories like: Curious + Warriors I guess we’re ready for battle then 🤣 It’s fun to see how people pick (or reroll) their...
My app thinks I’m a champion?
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 #Votap users — Day 58 | Current: 1288 My app thinks I’m a champion? Just shipped Votap 1.5.1 for review, it should be live very soon. You will be able to generate your username through a quick mini game. No real names, no profiles in the classic sense - still anonymous. You can get a tag like: ResilientChampion548916 (apparently that’s me now, aiming to live up to it 😅) Why...