Article

🚀 Day 7 of Building Crowdwide!

7 members, 35 posts, 4 communities, and 2 advertisers… we're still small, but we're moving forward! ❤️

This update covers a LOT:

🎉 My first external advertiser — and the unexpected problem I discovered when they couldn't launch their campaign because they didn't have enough Waves.

🌊 The Waves system — I gave 25 Waves to every current user account as a one-time early-user boost, and I'm working on making rewards, promotions, and transfers more transparent and abuse-resistant.

🛡️ Moderation updates — Harun has joined as a moderator and shared useful ideas about separating routine actions from actions that require admin approval. Welcome aboard, bro! 🤝

🎨 UI polishing — Crowdwide has 80+ pages, with around 30 or more still left to polish. BRO, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PAGES? 😭

🌐 TRANSLATION IS BROKEN AGAIN!! — I tried different services, asked Claude for help, got it working temporarily, and then… it broke AGAIN. 💀 If you've worked with translation APIs, I could really use your help!

🎥 Future plans — I'm considering video tutorials to help new users and an idea called Crowdwide Spotlight for sharing external reviews.

I'm also working on improving the advertising experience, moderation tools, and the overall UI instead of endlessly adding more features.

Building with a budget of basically ZERO is an adventure. 😂 But we're still building, learning, fixing, and moving forward!

📖 Full details, stories, and updates here:

https://dev.to/puneetkumar2010/day-7-of-building-crowdwide-ui-polishing-my-first-advertiser-and-translation-breaking-again-32m7

#buildinpublic #crowdwide #webdev #programming