Update: v0.9.0 - Social Features & Community

Released: December 6, 2025

Tuggy evolves from a voting game into a full social platform with comments, follows, and community features.

What's New

Comments System

• 💬 Matchup comments - Discuss battles with other voters
• 🔥 Real-time updates - New comments appear instantly
• 👍 Like comments - Upvote the best takes
• 🗨️ Nested replies - Thread conversations
• 🚩 Report system - Flag inappropriate comments

User Follows

• 👥 Follow users - Keep up with active voters
• 📢 Follower notifications - Know when someone follows you
• 📊 Follower/following counts - Build your audience
• 🔔 Activity from follows - See what they're voting on

Notifications

• 🔔 Real-time notifications - Instant updates
• 📱 Push notifications (opt-in) - Stay engaged
• ✉️ Email digests (opt-in) - Weekly summaries

Notification types:

• New follower
• Comment on your matchup
• Reply to your comment
• Achievement unlocked
• Rank milestone reached
• Matchup you created trending

Activity Feed

• 📰 Personalized feed - See activity from people you follow
• 🔥 Trending feed - What's hot right now
• 🆕 New matchups - Latest battles
• 🏆 Achievements feed - Recent accomplishments

Community Features

• 🏷️ User mentions - Tag users in comments (@username)
• #️⃣ Hashtags - Categorize discussions (#politics, #sports)
• 🔗 Share comments - Link to specific comment threads
• 📌 Pin comments - Matchup creators can pin top comment

UI Improvements

• New activity feed page
• Comment section below voting area
• Notification dropdown in header
• Follow button on profiles
• Activity indicators (new, unread)
• Mobile-optimized comment threads

Technical Implementation

• Real-time comments via Supabase Realtime
• Efficient pagination (infinite scroll)
• Comment moderation queue
• Rate limiting (10 comments/minute)
• Spam detection for comments
• WebSocket connection for notifications

Engagement Metrics (First Week)

• Comment rate: 15% of voters leave comments
• Average comments per matchup: 8.3
• Follow rate: 23% of authenticated users follow someone
• Notification open rate: 47%
• Activity feed engagement: 34% check daily

Moderation Tools

• Auto-hide comments with 5+ reports
• Shadow ban for spam accounts
• Keyword filters for toxic content
• Rate limits prevent spam
• Manual mod queue for review

Bug Fixes

• Fixed notification badge not clearing
• Improved comment ordering stability
• Resolved race condition in follow/unfollow
• Fixed feed pagination edge cases
• Improved realtime connection reliability

Performance

• Comment load time: <100ms
• Notification delivery: <1 second
• Feed query: <150ms
• Follow/unfollow: <50ms
• Real-time latency: <500ms

Privacy & Settings

New privacy controls:

• 🔒 Private profile - Hide activity from non-followers
• 📧 Email preferences - Control notification emails
• 🔕 Mute users - Hide content from specific users
• 🚫 Block users - Prevent interaction

Spam Prevention

• Rate limits: 10 comments/minute, 50/hour
• New accounts: Limited to 3 comments/hour (first 24h)
• Duplicate detection: Can't post same comment twice
• Link limits: Max 1 link per comment
• Mention limits: Max 3 @mentions per comment

Breaking Changes

None - all features opt-in

Database Migrations

• Added comments table
• Added follows table
• Added notifications table
• Added user_settings table
• Indexes for feed queries

Known Issues

• Feed sometimes shows duplicates (investigating)
• Notification count occasionally incorrect (resets on refresh)
• Comment edit doesn't show in realtime (only on refresh)

What's Next

v1.0.0 is the big one! Final polish, documentation, and official public launch. We're production-ready!