Fanexus @Fanexus@mstdn.social

Fanexus is an upcoming social media platform with integrated wiki, that centers the needs of both fandoms and original creators, endeavoring to create an experience that maximizes the joy of connecting with people who share your passion, while minimizing toxicity.

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: HIERARCHICAL TAGS

For some reason Mastodon isn't letting us upload the images this time, so we'll link the tumblr post: https://fanexus-dot-net.tumblr.com/post/628488857569165312/official-feature-announcement-hierarchical

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: DISPLAY OPTIONS

Choose to view a blog in either Masonry or Timeline format, and choose to either show or hide reblogs!

Meet our mascots, Nexi and W1D-G3T!

Read more about them on our Twitter: https://twitter.com/fanexus/status/1297356052632018944

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: PRIVACY GROUPS

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT

Tonight it’s three for the price of one cos we’re feeling saucy.

TAG FOLLOWING
Follow tags to get all the content posted to that tag on your dashboard. Could be especially useful for relatively niche interests with less frequently used tags.

SORT POSTS BY NOVELTY OR POPULARITY
Sort blog/community posts by newest, or by the most liked, shared, or talked about.

LIGHT/DARK MODE
For light and dark rooms and light and dark fic.

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: ADULTS ONLY SPACES

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: COMMENT THREADS

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: ALIASES

OFFICIAL FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT: COMMUNITIES

Some tweaks required, but we're getting there.

STATUS UPDATE:
We're a little behind our end-of-April target, and our lead dev estimates an optimistic delivery time of 6 days and a pessimistic estimate of 13.
As we start fiddling with the near-complete features, we'll provide you all with screenshots and descriptions of each.

For those without Twitter:

Final mascot poll, creature companion! https://twitter.com/fanexus/status/1252522170791546881

Third mascot poll, gadget! https://twitter.com/fanexus/status/1251374754709204993

Second mascot poll, hairstyle! https://twitter.com/fanexus/status/1249986724349919232

Help us develop our mascot by participating in our Twitter poll! https://twitter.com/fanexus/status/1249208527400374275

Here's a WIP peek at what our frontend team is currently working on:

Hello all! We've opened a forum to start building our community in the lead up to the launch of the beta. People who join the forum and abide by the rules will get an invite to the beta. You can apply for forum access via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-Ll_vb1bukbnxHpaQcuxUikUu1NtqDk3-AsD4gZkjiY/viewform?edit_requested=true

https://fanexus-dot-net.tumblr.com/post/190982228787/the-philosophy-of-fanexus?fbclid=IwAR10tX7TpYA6W8MqfMdBjxIdEa8cbH5YKznkIDlv0Rxls3X8XaV685_AcqM Here is an outline of the philosophy that underlies Fanexus.

Here's a sneak peek at what dark mode will look like (Batmans probably not included).