Automatic Scroll In Feed | Voters

Automatic Scroll In Feed

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suburbiabro

Currently, when I press play on an expression on my feed, the screen remains fixed on the same point even if I move along to the next song. It would be nice if the feed automatically moved down to the corresponding expression each time a new song started playing.

August 22, 2020

Arthur (Grey Matter)

Hey suburbiabro, since you've submitted some great feedback here and in the past, we'd love to get some more of your thoughts in a quick 5-10 minute survey. Would you be down to fill this out when you've got some free time? https://forms.gle/fetGF5nGPbeRrqmH8

suburbiabro

Arthur (Grey Matter): Would be down! I need permission though (only those in your organization currently can access the above link).

Arthur (Grey Matter)

suburbiabro: Great point, edited :)

Sol (Grey Matter)

Merged in a post:

when moving through the queue, either show the current post on the home screen or enable a way to get to post to save/like

m0vethatdo

follow the current track played within the home screen when moving through the queue or when clicking on the song playing, take back to the post so that a user can like/add to playlist

October 26, 2020

Matt (Grey Matter)

Hey suburbiabro - Checking in here. Any input on the questions Arthur sent?

suburbiabro

Matt (Grey Matter): Thanks for checking in! Totally missed Arthur's response. Yeah, he raises some really good points: If I were to be scrolling around and get taken back to the "next song," that would definitely get annoying. 
I find that, generally, I'm in two modes after starting to play a track: Either I'm "expression-surfing" and just bouncing around/scrolling up and/or down, or I put my phone down, stay fixed on the same point, and focus on the expression at hand. More often - I'm scrolling around myself.
What if it were possible to toggle some sort of "Auto-Flow" function (where the screen would jump to whatever expression played next) on and off? Not sure if that makes things overly complicated, but it could be neat. Also, would be even cooler if the "Auto-Flow" could be put on shuffle, and just take me around my feed of expressions (also, not sure how complicated that would be to pull off).

Arthur (Grey Matter)

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We have this type of functionality on the roadmap but haven't fully fleshed it out yet. Curious to get your perspective on a few open questions:

When you play a track and don't move your screen at all, this functionality makes sense. What would you prefer to see if, after you play a track, you do scroll up or down? Should the screen still jump to the track that plays next? And what do you find yourself doing more often after playing a track - staying fixed on the same point, or scrolling elsewhere?