New Digital Commune 17+

I was (and still am!) so excited for this app.

Full disclosure: I’ve been excitedly following this launch for months and paid to be a Founding Creator because I know how much goes into launching a platform this ambitious and inclusive, and I am happy to pay the one-time fee to contribute to that end. That being said: here are my observations.

So far I enjoy the interface, its minimalistic UI is intuitive enough. Like another reviewer mentioned, I would also love to have a dark mode option. Even after uninstalling and reinstalling, the app does crash and freeze between nearly every swipe or action so I hope that this is one of the first issues addressed in future updates. Like the app is completely unusable at times :( I know the first version of an app is bound to be buggy especially if there’s a lot of traffic and content being shared. There is so much potential here and I’m so excited to use it properly once it runs more smoothly, so I’ll keep checking for updates!

The app has good intentions. it’s brand new so obviously work needs to be done, but it keeps freezing and constantly crashing. every time you upload something, follow someone, or use any other main feature, the app either refreshes or freezes and it’s pretty frustrating. i tried to leave a comment on someone’s video, and mid type, the screen just went white. it just needs a little work. also, i would highly recommend adding a dark mode.

Within the first hour of release, the app was completely nonfunctional. The concept is great but I think the developers bit off way more than they can chew and need some real operational muscle to have an infrastructure to support the concept. I would’ve expected a functional app when released to the public. I’m not sure why they didn’t have a limited invite period to test out all the bugs. It just makes it feel rushed.

The interface is minimal but intentional. I really like the project sorting. Feels familiar but also fresh. There’s something good going there.

I hope the platform retains a certain seriousness and professionalism because even within a few hours it became a dumping ground for high school level content at best. It was promised to be a networking hub to source paid work as well. I don’t mean to be elitist, but the lack of quality content makes it way less reliable than other freelance sites. You have to scroll for minutes to find someone remotely hirable if your goal is technical skill.

As of now, the app isn’t able to open without crashing. If you’re lucky, you’ll see a single post before it freezes. If it was functional (I got about an hour of usage minutes after the official launch which was still buggy but it was at least functional) I’d give it a 3 star rating. This has the potential to be a home run but that’s years out.