Group Updates

New Features:

• Avatar and Cover Customization: Users can now resize and crop images when uploading an avatar or cover photo for community and group profiles. This feature allows for better customization and a more polished appearance.

• Community Reporting: A new feature enables users to report a community directly through the platform, helping maintain community standards and ensuring issues are addressed promptly.

• Community Standards Page: Beincom has introduced a dedicated page outlining community standards, providing clear guidelines and expectations for all users to promote a safe and respectful environment.

• Mobile Group Creation: Users can now create groups directly from their mobile devices, enhancing accessibility and ease of use.

• Mobile Community Creation: Similarly, users can also create communities from their mobile devices, streamlining the process of community building.

• Show/Hide Member List: Admins can now choose to show or hide the member list, providing more control over group privacy and visibility.

• Dashboard Insights: New dashboard features provide insights including total members, total content, top 10 content, and top 10 contributors, helping admins manage their groups effectively.

Enhancements:

• Member Request Privacy: Email addresses are now hidden in member requests, enhancing privacy and protecting user information.

• Quick Access to Communities: A new link has been added at the bottom of the pin list, allowing users to quickly navigate to their communities.

• Admin Interface Update: The layout for the Admin panel, Moderation tools, and Community/Group profiles has been updated to version 4.5, offering a more intuitive and user-friendly interface.

• Performance Improvements: General performance has been enhanced, including fixes for load test issues, ensuring a smoother and more responsive user experience.

• Graceful Shutdown Implementation: In the backend (NestJS), a graceful shutdown mechanism has been implemented to enhance system stability and reliability during maintenance and updates.

• Community Discovery Filters: Added support for filtering communities by category on the Discover Community page, making it easier for users to find relevant groups.

• Reorder Group Structure: Enhanced the Reorder Group Structure feature to exclude archived groups from reordering, improving organizational management.

• Enhanced Referral Link: Registered users are asked to comfirm after clicking to a community refferal link to ensure that they want to accept the invitation.

• Label Updates: Updated labels in the Admin panel to “Community administration” and Moderation tool to “Group administration” for clarity.

• Name Length Adjustment: Changed the character limit for group and community names from 3-64 to 2-64, providing more flexibility.

• Help Center Link: Added a help center link to the news feed page, offering easy access to support resources.

Bug Fixes:

• Duplicate Members Issue: Resolved an issue where members were being duplicated in groups, ensuring accurate member lists.

• Default Community Auto-Join: Fixed an issue where users were not automatically joining the default community after registering, ensuring seamless onboarding.

Content Updates

New Features:

• Trending Content Display: Introduced a new feature showcasing the top 5 trending content items on the platform, helping users stay informed about popular and engaging topics.

• Content Creation with Group Name: Admins can now create content using the community or group name, enhancing branding and identity within the platform.

Enhancements:

• Mobile React Feature: The React feature on mobile devices has been enhanced, providing a smoother and more responsive interaction experience.

• Comment Visibility: The latest comments are now displayed directly on the newsfeed and timeline, making it easier for users to follow and engage in conversations.

• UI Updates for Modals: New UI version 4.5 has been implemented for the Audience Picker and Publish Setting modals, offering a cleaner and more intuitive design.

• Content Visibility Controls: Improved the functionality for hiding content, ensuring that the effects are consistent for both creators and consumers.

• Mobile UI Updates: New UI version 4.5 has been implemented for the mobile Newsfeed, Headers, Navigation, and Content card header, offering a more modern and user-friendly design.

• Facebook Watch Embed Support: Added support for embedding Facebook Watch links, enhancing content sharing options.

• Web UI Updates: New UI version 4.5 has been implemented for the Post Composer modal and Article Composer page on the web platform.

• Separate Newsfeed URL: The Newsfeed has been moved to a separate URL, improving navigation and user experience.

Bug Fixes:

• Reading Time Display: Fixed an issue where the reading time for articles was incorrectly displayed, ensuring accurate time estimates.

• Series Details Display: Resolved a bug where series details were not displaying correctly when editing posts or articles and attaching a series, particularly for items at the end of the content list.

• Video Upload Issue: Fixed an issue preventing video uploads, ensuring smooth content creation.

• Draft Article Auto-Save: Resolved an issue where the audience was not auto-saved in draft articles, improving the drafting process.

Chain Updates

New Features:

• NFT Transfers: Users can now send NFTs to others, expanding the functionality and use cases for NFTs within the platform.

Enhancements:

• Adjust Free TBIC Amount: Adjustments have been made to the amount of free TBIC tokens provided to users, enhancing the initial user experience.

• UI and Text Adjustments: Various UI and text elements have been updated for clarity and consistency, improving the overall user interface.

• NFT Creation Pricing: Adjusted the pricing for NFT creation to make it more accessible.

• UI Improvements: Various UI adjustments have been made to the BIC Wallet, including adding the Testnet label and adjusting the password field and history tab display.

• Balance Visibility: Improved the behavior for showing/hiding the balance in the wallet, providing better user control.

• Mobile UI Adjustments: Adjusted the opacity of the NFT price on mobile for better visibility.

• Web Link for BIC Wallet: Implemented a web link for the BIC Wallet, enhancing accessibility.

Bug Fixes:

• Toast Message Display: Fixed a bug where general toast messages were displayed inappropriately, ensuring relevant and timely notifications.

Chat Updates

New Features:

• Delete Account on Mobile: Users now have the ability to delete their accounts directly from the mobile app, providing greater control over their data and privacy.

• Multiple Profile Sync: The platform now supports syncing multiple profiles, allowing users to manage different identities seamlessly.

• Member List Sync: Settings for showing or hiding the member list can now be synced from BIC Group to BIC Chat, ensuring consistent user preferences across platforms.

Enhancements:

• Universal Link Integration: Added support for universal links, simplifying navigation and improving user experience.

• Enhanced Message Request: Improved the message request feature by removing the default greeting message and allowing users to close ignored direct message channels.

• Emoji Refinement: Removed unsuitable emojis to ensure they are appropriate for a wide audience, enhancing the quality of communication.

Bug Fixes:

• iOS Push Notifications: Fixed an issue where users were not receiving push notifications on iOS devices, ensuring timely alerts.

• Comment Button Visibility: Updated the color of the “comment” button to clearly indicate when a user has permission to comment in a thread.

• Real-time Comment Permissions: Comment permissions are now updated in real-time within threads when setting up the scheme, improving the moderation process.

User & Notification

New Features:

• Community Owner Notifications: Community owners will now receive notifications when a community admin creates new groups, keeping them informed of structural changes.

• Hidden Content Alerts: Admins and owners will be notified when content is hidden by another admin, ensuring transparency and collaborative content management.

• Group Identity Content Notifications: Members will be notified when content is created under the group’s identity, enhancing awareness and engagement.

Enhancements:

• Username Length Adjustment: The allowed length for usernames has been adjusted to 3-32 characters, providing more flexibility in user identification.

• Mobile Upload Enhancements: The process for uploading avatars and cover photos on mobile devices has been improved, offering a smoother and more user-friendly experience.

• Data Cleanup: Efforts have been made to clean up junk user data, optimizing the platform’s performance and reliability.

• Missions and Achievements Profiling: Profiling has been added to the mission service, enhancing the personalization and engagement of missions and achievements.

Bug Fixes:

• Community Founding Leader Medal: Fixed an issue preventing users from claiming the Community Founding Leader medal despite completing the required checklist.

• System Avatar in Invitations List: Resolved a bug displaying the wrong system avatar in the Invitations List, ensuring accurate representation.

• Community Referral Link: Fixed a bug causing an invalid referral link message when users clicked on the community referral link, improving user onboarding.

• 2FA and Account Deletion Conflict: Addressed a conflict between the two-factor authentication and account deletion features, ensuring smooth functionality.

• Google Login Blocked Pop-up: Resolved an issue displaying a blocked pop-up when users logged in with Google, improving the login experience.