Just read this great article about toot.wales creating a social web app hardcoded to their service, with a design optimised for local needs.
“We’ve made some very deliberate choices to keep the app “human-shaped”:
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Private Mentions have their own space. You can’t create a private mention in the main composer and you will never see them in your timeline. We’ve put them in a dedicated “Conversations” tab to reduce mistakes and keep privacy intentional.
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Three simple tabs. You get Home (your personal feed), Tŵt (the “local” feed plus local replies), and Explore (your lists and hashtags, plus curated feeds for news, sport, culture and more). This creates a natural flow from your own interests to the wider, global community.
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Search is just search. There are no “trending” nudges or unsolicited content. If you’re looking for something, we help you find it. We don’t try to distract you along the way. (Trending is it’s own Channel.)
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True Bilingualism. English and Cymraeg sit side-by-side as equal choices. Digital spaces should reinforce our identity, not flatten it.
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Whether it’s weather updates from North Wales Storms or local sports teams, these partners make the app feel alive from the moment you log in. The app offers two pathways to consume this content, via Channels you can drop in and out of, or Starter Packs you can follow to bring them into your feed.”
