New Stuff!
These are brand new items that have finished development and are getting their final coats of paint. Indeed, the tangible ones are subscriber benefits. We have been working on other items for the whole site as well, but those are still cookin.
Site ads disabled (Subscriber feature)
We'll need to do a calculation for this to determine which tier unlocks it, but it'll likely be one of the middle tiers. This turns off ads across the site.
Custom ad banner on profiles (Subscriber feature)
In addition to the above, this feature allows users to reclaim that ad space and insert their own banner in its place. Of note, this would only appear on their profile (for them and others viewing it) and doesn't just claim an ad slot for the whole site.
Custom titles (Subscriber feature)
Custom titles can be set and appear in several places already, namely the mini-profile popup on the chat. Being able to set the custom color of this title is still in work.
Colored kinks
All users will have a basic set of about 10 colors to choose from to set each kink. Subscribers unlock the whole rainbow with the ability to set any hex code for each kink. That's a fabulous 167,772,000% increase! Please see included screenshot. Next time we'll have some fleshed out profile samples to take a look at.
Notification/Unread Service
This was posted last time, but it's been slightly expanded since then! Users now see unreads from other channels. As a reminder, the chat service will be perpetual, so missed (offline) DMs already have this function built into them.
Ported Stuff!
These are items that the current site already has, but are either changing or took us a while to get hooked up for the new site, as it uses a very different architecture.
Dark mode
Dark mode is now hooked up and we are finishing painting all the remaining trim as we find it. I've included an example with different colored text to show contrast.
New genders
Following up to feedback we got from last time, the new trans genders have been renamed to 'Trans Male'/'Trans Female' in line with the current kink names. Genders also now show up in the mini-profile popup. Will we add more genders as time goes on? Possibly, as we've left the door open structure-wise. But this is a question of policy and not development, so we can address that later.
Legacy gender terms
Sorta same as last item, I'm posting this here to address the questions we have surrounding continued use of the gender terms cuntboy and shemale. (Note, we are talking about the terms themselves, NOT about doing anything with the genders.) As it currently stands, the terms will stay as they are. This is another matter for policy, not development.
What's next?
These are a mix of items both on the development docket, and on my noodle board.
Chat exports
The new chat will be perpetual (which means there is no immediate need to export logs as everything is retained). However, users should still be able to export their chats as they please, and so the feature is being worked on. It's a bit of a difficult one though, since chats will eventually go back months and years, and are no longer divided into start/stop sessions of when the user logged in. This makes the logistics not as straightforward as is on the current site.
Name discriminators
Some form of system to allow for seamless name sharing/collisions is planned. We have a plan for how we want to tackle this, but I won't promise anything we can't for sure deliver. This will be a big change! But it seems the most beneficial route to take for future growth and a good F-List experience for our users.