Social Media Platform

Submission

Joshua Adams

Oct 4, 2022

Board: Features
Status: Pending

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Social Media Platform

Goodbarber should build a social media platform where users can post text, photos, and video. Users should be able to react to posts and comment on posts. Posts should be able to be flagged, and the app owner should be able to delete posts easily. Banner ads should be part of this as well if desired. Special Request: Users should be able to receive notifications for new posts from people they follow.

Joshua Adams

Oct 4, 2022

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Abel LongoriaDec 2, 2022

I've been wanting this for a long while. I've been told that it's not on the road map for GoodBarber unfortunately. When I used the Shoutem app platform they had a social wall and it was great! Helped a ton for user retention and daily traffic. I'm currently looking at a WordPress plugin named BuddyBoss which is exactly what you described. A social media platform. Maybe goodbarber can build an extension in order to incorporate BuddyBoss into the goodbarber platform. Way less work than trying to build a platform from scratch. I'm currently testing the buddy boss platform in my app using the CLICK TO section option but the header isn't as clean as it could be if it was a dedicated section built for buddy boss

Katrin BirkholzJun 14, 2023

Abel Longoria: it does look nice! Do you simply you and embedded code or does it go off to a dedicated URL away from GB? How does it work in the app itself?

Abel LongoriaJun 14, 2023

Katrin Birkholz: using a CLICKTO section in goodbarber, you insert the url of the social wall WordPress plugin and it displays the social wall in the app. Downside is it doesn't act like a part of the app completely. Doesn't retain the app header image/name etx. There's a couple of other quirks about it too. Buddyboss also offers a classifieds section plugin. I plan to experiment with that a bit too. I really wish GB would working on a section utilizing the BuddyBoss platform especially since they've said they never plan to develop a GB social wall platform.

Abel LongoriaDec 2, 2022

Also worth noting. A couple of years ago I purchased a Social Wall plugin for goodbarber that was built by a company named Axelerio. It was about $850 usd. It now seems to go down every 2 months or so and their support has gotten really bad. My current social wall in my app has been down for about 10 days now with no real updates on when it may be fixed. It's been frustrating. This is the reason I've been shopping around to see what other social wall options are available. BuddyBoss so far has been great in regards to customer service and support. I may ditch the Axelerio plugin and switch to BuddyBoss, I'm still testing BuddyBoss now. The down side of BuddyBoss currently is that my members that are already registered in my app will also need to create a BuddyBoss account in order to participate in the social wall function.

wmonahan@ci.benicia.ca.usDec 21, 2022

I am in support of the ability for users to be able to comment on articles without having to enter in personal contact information.

Dr. Sharla WalkerJan 6, 2023

I agree! Many content creators like myself would benefit from community features and not having to utilize 3rd party softwares. Would love a BuddyBoss extension or any extension that would integrate community into the app.

Abel LongoriaAug 29, 2023

As mentioned back in December 2022 that I've been experimenting with the BuddyBoss platform and it works pretty well. Their support has been very helpful in regard to bugs and tweaks. I've used it for about 8 months solid now and I have about 760 users on it and have not had any complaints from our users. The ability to upload multiple photos per post and reply with photos is a big benefit. The downside to using it as a CLICK TO option for display is that the Social News Feed can not be your app's opening landing page. That's a major drawback which is why I was originally hoping that GB could have a plugin that could integrate it into their app platform more seamlessly.

ARCANGELO OfficialSep 22, 2023

I need this.

Andres FernandezSep 28, 2023

I use the Submission section for this and add a small carousel widget on my homepage with the option to see "more posts" where it then takes them to a full page feed of all UGC. Works great for us as a social media platform as is beginning to pick up.

TomorrowBits GmbHOct 18, 2023

Hi at all here! As long as GoodBarber doesn't provide it, I found a good social media plugin for GoodBarber here to be bought, it's not very cheap maybe but maybe if you are acting as a Reseller too, it can help you too: https://www.axelerio-plugins.com/ Best regards, Leon

Eddie WilsonMar 31, 2024

TomorrowBits GmbH Hi, can you give more details about the cost of this option?

TomorrowBits GmbHApr 10, 2024

Eddie Wilson sorry, don't remember the price exactly, but considered it as high. Maybe 700€ or something like that, but you just can ask them. If you use it for the development of a client's app, then the price can be worth it in comparison to a development from scratch.

Abel LongoriaMay 1, 2024

TomorrowBits GmbH I purchased their plugin and spent twice as much on extra custom features... I'd beware of them as their service would go down causing my social wall to not load and there was nobody there to fix the problems. I couldn't get in touch with any support. One time my product was not working for several months. When I finally got in touch with someone I was told there was nothing they could do about the social wall plugin being down because "their coders were no longer with them." So definitely buyer beware...

TomorrowBits GmbHMay 2, 2024

Abel Longoria oh, that's bad news, but very good to know, thank you!

Abel LongoriaMay 1, 2024

I'm still using the BuddyBoss Social Wall Wordpress plugin and it has been going well. We're at about 1,000 registered users currently even though we have about 15,000 registered GB app users. The downside to using BuddyBoss is app users will need to register an account on the Wordpress Plugin as well. All in all its helped a ton for user retention and daily traffic to our app. BuddyBoss' support has been phenomenal, every time I had a question and/or needed some help adjusting some of the formatting they've bee there to solve the problem. I've been very pleased with their product. I still haven't tried the classifieds plugin they also make. We are an app based around a certain niche of classic vehicles so I plan to make the classifieds a place we can buy/sell parts from each other. This will also help user retention and daily traffic.

TomorrowBits GmbHJan 27, 2025

Abel Longoria hi, so you use Buddy boss as a Wordpress plugin within a GoodBarber App, am I getting this right? What is the advantage of doing so as Buddy boss already makes it possible to build your own app directly on their end?

Abel LongoriaJan 27, 2025

TomorrowBits GmbH I have a content app built using Goodbarber, I have a ton of data built into the app over the past 6 years or so. Adding the Buddyboss plugin makes more sense for me since my main content is on the GB platform.

TomorrowBits GmbHJan 27, 2025

Abel Longoria ah ok, I understand, thanks!

TomorrowBits GmbHJan 27, 2025

Lisa could you maybe ask your team if they could provide an embedding of BuddyBoss instead of only linking to it as an external section as you seem to not plan an own social wall extension yourself? This were just great! :) In fact again a client asks for an App like GoodBarber and we would like to offer them a GoodBarer App but as social wall with native look and feel is a must have for them, I don't see another way - still after years of this open ticket - than to tell them that we can't do it with GoodBarber but have to consider doing it with Shoutem instead, which I don't like that much as an option as a GoodBarer reseller, of course! :( Surely others here have the same problem.

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