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Day 17 of Building Crowdwide — Trying to Bring Users Back!!

I started building Crowdwide on September 9, 2026. Now, 1 month and 10 days later, it has multiple features and 11 users!

But there's a problem: users sign up, but barely return.

So, instead of building more common social media features, I decided to focus on user retention.

🔔 Bringing Users Back

I implemented three reminder stages:

• After 24 hours: An unanswered community question matching their interests.
• After 3 days: An active discussion, plus weekly platform updates.
• After 7 days: A final recap of replies, likes, followers, and top posts.

Reminders can arrive via email, push notifications, or in-app notifications. If there's nothing worth sharing, nothing gets sent.

I also added fun, short community questions users can answer when they return. And yes, they can answer other people's questions too! Privacy details have been updated accordingly.

Streaks and badges might be next. 👀

🤨 My Reddit Experience

I was exploring Reddit for growth ideas when I found a tea seller asking for business advice.

I suggested creative packaging, festival specials, and making customers feel they get more value for their money.

My comment got removed. WHY? 😭

That experience got me thinking: Should Crowdwide use similar moderation algorithms?

I want Crowdwide to have moderation without blindly removing genuine contributions.

Fewer users, but real users. That's the goal.

What's your take? How would you bring inactive users back without annoying them?

#buildinpublic #crowdwide