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Pi.FYI Asks!

I virtually spend all my time on this app using the "asks" function. It's fun and satisfying to help others out with specific prompts and tasks — and I know when I have a question they'll be there for me as well! Great to build sense of community and 1 love to offer what I can! On the other hand, I have my criticisms of the "recs" function (if you would like to hear, i’d be happy to talk about potential feedback) but I'm fine with chilling on the "asks" for now😎

@warmeroutside

Jan 20, 2025

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Better Community Features (Are Needed)

First the Caveat: I do think that the innovator is best situated to see beyond the horizon and define the products of the future. As Henry Ford said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" And feedback needs to be balanced with many other factors that the user, me, isn't necessarily thinking about, such as the roadmap, optimal use case, business model, etc. -- But since this is a feedback thread, here goes: I see a big area of opportunity in the space of community and social. If PI.FYI wants to be more than recommendation engine but also a network for people to connect, which really helps build a platform, then there is so much growth potential. I like parts of the redesign and appreciate the willingness to break things in pursuit of innovation. (I'm along for the ride!) But at the same time the redesign kneecapped the community/social aspect of things. The activity feed is no longer as easy to view — making it hard to really engage with where others are engaging and go to where the energy is. The loss of the leaderboard means that we no longer have visibility into the leadership provided by the most engaged users. Don't have to bring back the same style leaderboard, but there needs to be some sort of gamification or positive feedback for the most loyal voices on the platform. Rising Users — I love the idea of amplifying new voices, but why does a user rise? Initially the rising users board was populated by the newsletter celebrity recs, who aren't even active or present on the site. -- Again, it is very possible that the community/network features that I want to see don't actually fit with the vision or the business model, which isn't at all based on engagement (ads) but depends on subscriptions. — One option: add layers of community features that are only available for paying users — like groups, forum threads, leaderboard access, etc. Bottom line: PI.FYI is special. Keep taking bold moves—breaking, pivoting, and trying new stuff. But don't leave the users behind. -- This rec exposes—to me, at least—that I care a lot about the platform, so I've decided to make it official and becoming a paying user.

@mattshawsome

Nov 5, 2024

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recc’ing from the heart

As pi.fyi gains popularity I notice more and more people using it like twitter/trying to hit an algorithm/”tweetdecking” recs/memeing so incongruent to me because pi truly feels like a place of respite from all the aforementioned internet behavior. using it to identify and share small joys from your day, talk about things you want more of in your life, share about yourself, explore things you’re curious about … I promise that’s “good content”. 🫶

@sunnyd123

Mar 7, 2024

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no video on pi.fyi

this is worthy of celebration: the lack of video—autoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any video—on pi.fyi is a good thing

@mattshawsome

Oct 5, 2024

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necessary endings

this is going to hurt — A LOT — but it's getting to the point where there's no other option

@mattshawsome

Mar 11, 2025

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realizing that at some point not so long ago you crossed an invisible line and now you're a different person, in a very good way

huh cool wow

@mattshawsome

Mar 27, 2025