Roadmap


7
Badges and other game dynamics

Badges is one of the big items that needs to be built and going on top of the development priority list.Another suggested dynamic we can explore:The top 5 experts for the...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  11 comments

STAGE: Discussing


4
Images support in answers

Ability to add images to an answer.This was live for all of 10 minutes until someone started posting NSFW pictures in all the questions. Had to turn it off and change the...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  3 comments

STAGE: Planned


3
What things other than just Q&A should Bright Journey have?

Here are some off the top of my head: Polls "Review my startup" (where people can ask for suggestions on their site) Links (similar to Hacker news) We'll be creating a...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  7 comments

STAGE: Discussing


3
Ability to see that others are also answering a question when you're doing so as well.

There has been more than once where I've posted an answer and had the page reload, only to see that somebody else already answered the question, sometimes better than I...

Submitted 10 years ago by rbwhitaker  |  2 comments

STAGE: Discussing


3
Subscribe to questions you haven't answered

Sometimes I see a question that I'd like to follow - but can't (yet) give input on.I'd like to be able to click a button which will let me get an alert when an answer or...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nick Stevens  |  1 comments

STAGE: Discussing


3
Social sharing of questions / answers

Especially in BrightJourney's growth phase, we need to make it as easy as possible to get other people involved. Unanswered questions should have a clear call-to-action...

Submitted 10 years ago by Jay Neely  |  1 comments

STAGE: Planned


3
Anonymous questions & answers

We should think about having the ability to post a question or answer anonymously. Sometimes you are bound by contracts and thus can't ask / answer something due to...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  2 comments

STAGE: Discussing


3
Ability to delete your own comments.

You should be able to delete your own comments. If we're worried about people destroying the continuity of a discussion, I'd be OK with limiting it to being able to delete...

Submitted 10 years ago by rbwhitaker  |  1 comments

STAGE: Planned


3
Survey, personal, and opinion questions. How to get the benefits without the downsides? Adding a community section.

(You can skip to the bottom for a tl;dr)Today I saw a new user posting a question, "Founders: what's on your desk right now?"This is the type of question would have been...

Submitted 10 years ago by Jay Neely  |  3 comments

STAGE: Discussing


3
Save draft of partially written answers.

Sometimes, I get started writing an answer and have to leave for a variety of reasons. Later on, I come back and revisit the question, and still want to answer it. But the...

Submitted 10 years ago by rbwhitaker  |  1 comments

STAGE: Discussing


3
Accepted Answers: the case for it and against it

Setting an accepted answer didn't make it into the launch release because we need the community's opinion. Here are the pros and cons:Pros: Signals that the asker got a...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  5 comments

STAGE: Planned


2
Are questions going to be closeable? What criteria would be used?

One of the key features of Stack Exchange and answers.onstartups.com was that off-topic or poor questions could be closed by voting. I'll refrain from saying my personal...

Submitted 10 years ago by rbwhitaker  |  13 comments

STAGE: Discussing


2
Profile: add sort criteria

It's nice to see the latest answers / questions / votes in the profile - right now, it's hard coded to number of votes.

Submitted 10 years ago by Jim Galley  |  3 comments

STAGE: Planned


2
Unanswered Questions - purpose/usage

Currently we have a button leading to a page of unanswered questions, which doesn't appear to have a logical sort order.Is it part of the site/community ethos that no...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nick Stevens  |  1 comments

STAGE: Planned


2
Relevant content engine

This will take some time to build out. The goal: you should see relevant questions first.Some variables that could be used to create relevancy: Ability to follow topics and...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  0 comments

STAGE: Discussing


2
Weekly Newsletter with most popular/hot/trending/unanswered stuff

Just like all other SE sites, it helps keep track of what's going on in the community, what's hot right now, what hasn't been answered, etc.It could even be an RSS feed...

Submitted 10 years ago by Xavi Esteve  |  1 comments

STAGE: Planned


2
Email notifications when answers are submitted

When a user posts a question, an email notification should be sent to them when an answer is submitted. This would most certainly increase engagement. I asked a question...

Submitted 9 years ago by Mnort9  |  0 comments

STAGE: Discussing


1
Tour for new visitors

A simple, single-page tour needs to be created to show new visitors what the site is all about and how to use it. It could be similar to the tour that StackExchange...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  0 comments

STAGE: Discussing


1
The Bright Journey Blog

Primary benefits: Keeping the community informed of changes to the platform. Inbound marketing to grow traffic. Community building content. e.g. Interview and feature the...

Submitted 10 years ago by Nishank Khanna  |  1 comments

STAGE: Discussing


1
Missing pages: Contact us, Press kit, Help

There is no way to find any contact information right now. And there should be a press section. Storyboard is a nice app that makes it easy to create a press kit.

Submitted 10 years ago by Chrissie Gray  |  1 comments

STAGE: Planned