Beer With Kyle: The New Leaderboard & Dark Mode Experiences
Hey Everyone,
In today’s update, I share some exciting news on the new platform, including our revamped leaderboard (formerly known as ambassadorship) and a sneak peek at the full dark mode feature, a change MANY of you have been asking for.
Beer of the Week - Guinness 0%
Before getting into these updates, I introduced this week’s beer, a Guinness Zero Percent. I enjoy it as a way to enjoy the Guinness taste without the alcohol, and it pairs perfectly with today's focus on "dark mode" and premium updates.
Revamped Leaderboard & Ambassadorship Platform
Our team has been working hard on upgrading the leaderboard, which now plays a critical role in our ambassadorship program. Here’s what you need to know:
- Enhanced Incentives: In addition to your rank, this new system introduces a monetary element with a dividend purse that rewards community activity. As you engage in creating content. Whether that is videos, courses, blog posts, or opinion articles, you’ll earn points and revenue.
- Live Tracking: The platform now features real-time updates on your earnings and points. Your rank is dynamic, updating month over month based on your consistent activity. This means your status isn’t permanent...you must keep working to stay on top.
- Fair & Transparent: We are committed to giving everyone a fair chance, so we have detailed explanations on how the rankings work. We’ve designed this update with input from past experience and the help of advanced AI to avoid any possible gaming of the system.
Introducing Full Dark Mode
Another highly requested feature is our full dark mode, and I’m excited to give you a preview:
- A Different Look for a Different Workflow: Dark mode provides an alternate visual layout that many find easier on the eyes, especially if you work at night or prefer a darker screen. While I personally lean towards the standard mode, many of you have expressed a preference for dark mode.
- Toggle & Flexibility: If you are part of the Premium Plus membership, you already see a dark header and side menu. The full dark mode option in the new platform will offer a complete dark environment. This update will include new icons and subtle tweaks to ensure everything looks polished.
I’d love to hear your feedback on the new leaderboard and dark mode. Do you find the new incentive structure engaging? Will the full dark mode make your experience better? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Hi Kyle. Good stuff moving forward. I like to have a choice with light and dark mode. There are good reasons for both, and flipping between the two sometimes helps with ambient lighting conditions. Maybe you should rename it 'Guiness Mode'
The new leaderboards? Well, i'm kind of immune to that side now, although if there's a monetary reward for good ranking that'll be nice. I think i'm hovering around 100 atm, so room to move and test things.
Dave
Yeah, that makes sense. I love the idea of renaming it Guiness mode too lol. Would be appropriate for me to launch that naming within a BWK!
The Ambassadorship environment is really fun within the new platform, you are going to see your points and revenue from your activities and creating go up in real time, so it is very engaging on that front.
Though it wont' make anyone "rich", it is going to really encourage higher quality interaction, and creation within the environment and for many it could pay for their membership and beyond. Something we have always wanted to implement to "give back", a community dividend for a better word.
We also have communities, which are much more focused and allow people to specialize. There are many ways you can create success online these days, as we are living in a very distributed environment in terms of where the traffic is. Because of this, these communities I think are going to be a real hit as you can sink in and engage with a particular topic.
Hey Kyle. Yes, please enable dark mode option for us. It is easier on the eyes and the blue light is minimized to almost zero. It is especially easy on you in low-light conditions such as bad cloudy weather or evenings. I usually stay in dark mode wherever I can. YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.
Good morning Kyle,
I'm glad you like the 0% Guinness, Kyle, I must admit it's not too bad! I'm also in agreement with you that some zero alcohol beers are pretty revolting!!😁
I really like the leader board style and the various categories, Kyle. The new ranking system or ambassador program, looks good and will hopefully stop members abusing the system, you can't beat quality information from genuine personal experience.
I must admit I had never clicked on dark abode until just now, I think I prefer the standard light mode. However, it's interesting that many members have asked for this feature and you are carrying out their wishes or requests. This may be slightly different, but when I'm using Kindle on my PC, I find the light mode very easy on the eyes, maybe that's an age thing, Kyle!! The great thing is that we have a choice to go dark mode or normal mode.
I think the new look and features will be good, Kyle. I think you thought the new features will be available towards the end of the month? I'm looking forward to trying everything out. Once again, I appreciate that a terrific amount of work and thought has gone into making this happen, so thank you.
A very happy Sunday to you.
Roy
It's not too bad, the real thing is of course better.
The new ambassador system is definitely going to have things in place to prevent abuse, we are going to be able to remove points, as well as people from the program altogether if theres is abuse (and we will). Not to mention the layers of logic we have in place to determine this.
As for the timing of the release, it's looking like Mid May for that. We had some late stage scope creep which can happen, but they were important updates we wanted to get into place (one being a redesign of how classes and series looks, being inline versus a pop up as well), which I will be showcasing leading up to the launch.
Coming soon though, we are working hard behind the scenes to get this into your hands. :)
Good morning Kyle,
I know where you're coming from!
I must admit the new ambassador system sounds really good, Kyle, which is great news. Especially when it comes to abusing the system or trying to gain the system, etc, rather than creating genuine content from real experiences.
That will be good, Kyle, sign round about a month we will be a will to see the new features. I had never heard the term "late stage scope creep" before, I just had to look up what it meant! Once again, I can appreciate that there is a lot more than meets the eye to this new update.
As you mentioned in a previous post, it's great how your updates help to break people like me into the new design gradually!
I'm looking forward to seeing the new features.
Thank you for the update and have a great day.
Roy
Thanks for the update, Kyle.
I don't use dark mode and prefer normal, but in certain light conditions it may be useful to be able to switch to dark mode. Will try it out when it is available.
It will be interesting to see how the leaderboard works in practice. You certainly seem to have put a lot of thought into it. Look forward to the launch.
Isabella
Lots of thought has gone into this update, with the goal of streamlining the design and setting it up for the next 5-7 years of evolution here. I think you are going to love the new platform and environment. :)
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Thank you, Kyle, for these UX updates.
Things are getting more exciting here on WA.
The leader board and ambassadorship incentives are great spices that will boost engagement and participation across the platform.
I do not use dark mode, but it'd be nice to give it a try.
WA taking the request of members who've been asking for it into consideration, goes further to show that WA is a responsive and community-driven platform.
Makinde
We are definitely going to be spicing things up here with the new UX and updates, and this is just the start of what we have slated for our broader plans. We we really excited about communities as well, which I am going to be showcasing this week most likely with my Beer with Kyle, so stay tuned for that.
I have been using Dark Mode myself for a few days, and it is growing on me a little. It is actually a really good working environment. :)
Lots to look forward to!
Thank you, Kyle.
I'm looking forward to the updates.
Makinde