Features
Learn how to use every feature of CrowdUp to get the most out of the platform.
- Creating Posts
- Voting & Engagement
- Commenting
- User Profiles
- Following Users
- Messaging
- Settings & Privacy
- Apps & Company Pages
- Leaderboard & Reputation
- Feed & Discovery
Posts are the core of CrowdUp. Share your ideas, questions, updates, and discussions with the community.
Ideas — Suggest new concepts, improvements, or innovations
- Use for: Brainstorming, feature suggestions, new initiatives
- Example: "We should have a community mentorship program"
Questions — Ask the community for advice, knowledge, or help
- Use for: Getting help, learning from others, seeking recommendations
- Example: "What's the best way to get started with programming?"
Updates — Share progress, announcements, or news
- Use for: Project progress, milestones, announcements
- Example: "Just launched our new feature!"
Discussions — Start conversations about topics you care about
- Use for: Deep dives, debates, explorations
- Example: "What makes a great team culture?"
Resources — Share useful links, articles, tools, or information
- Use for: Helpful references, tools, knowledge bases
- Example: "Collection of free design resources"
- Click "Create Post" button (top of page or navigation)
- Choose post type (Ideas, Questions, Updates, Discussions, or Resources)
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Fill in details:
- Title — Catchy, clear headline (up to 200 characters)
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Description — Main content of your post
- Use markdown for formatting (bold, italics, lists, links)
- Keep it clear and well-organized
- Category — Select the most relevant category
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Tags — Add tags for better discoverability (optional)
- Use hashtags like #innovation, #feedback, #community
- Helps others find related posts
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Add media (optional)
- Upload images or files to illustrate your point
- Makes posts more engaging and visual
- Preview — Check how your post looks
- Publish — Share with the community
- Click the three dots (⋯) on your post
- Select Edit
- Make changes to title, description, category, or tags
- Click Save
- Click the three dots (⋯) on your post
- Select Delete
- Confirm deletion
Note: Once deleted, a post cannot be recovered.
Voting is how CrowdUp's community determines what's important and drives engagement.
Upvote (👍 or ⬆️)
- Click when you agree, find valuable, or want to boost visibility
- Signals importance and quality
- Helps surface great content
Downvote (👎 or ⬇️)
- Click when content is unhelpful, misleading, or off-topic
- Helps community moderate naturally
- Doesn't delete content
- Your votes: Help determine post visibility on the feed
- Post ranking: Posts with more upvotes rank higher
- Trending: Posts with rapid engagement become "trending"
- Reputation: Active voters build community trust
✅ Vote for:
- Thoughtful, well-written posts
- Helpful answers and resources
- Posts that spark meaningful discussion
- Content you'd like to see more of
❌ Don't vote based on:
- Disagreement (use comments instead)
- Personal dislike of the author
- Not reading the full post
Comments let you engage directly with posts and other commenters.
- Click the comment icon on a post
- Type your comment in the text box
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Add formatting (optional)
- Bold:
**text** - Italics:
*text* - Links:
[text](url) - Lists: Use
-or numbers
- Bold:
- Submit — Click Send or Post
- Your comment appears immediately
✅ Good comments:
- Add new information or perspective
- Ask clarifying questions
- Provide constructive feedback
- Are respectful and kind
❌ Avoid:
- Off-topic tangents
- Personal attacks or rudeness
- Spam or self-promotion
- Repeating what others said
Just like posts, you can upvote and downvote comments:
- Upvote helpful, insightful comments
- Downvote spam, rude, or off-topic comments
Every user has a profile showcasing their contributions and activity.
- Display name — How others see you
- Bio — Short description about yourself
- Profile picture — Your avatar
- Reputation score — Community recognition (upvotes, contributions)
- Posts — All posts you've published
- Comments — All comments you've made
- Followers/Following — Your network
- Join date — When you created your account
- Click on any username in the feed
- See their profile, posts, and activity
- Click Follow to stay updated with their posts
- Click your profile icon (top right)
- Select Settings → Profile
- Edit:
- Display name
- Bio
- Profile picture
- Social links (optional)
- Click Save
Control who can see your profile:
- Public — Anyone can view your profile
- Private — Only people you follow can see details
- See Settings & Privacy for more
Build your network by following users whose content interests you.
- Visit a user's profile
- Click the Follow button
- You're now following them!
- Their posts appear in your personalized feed
- You see their activity in real-time
- You can message them directly
- They may follow you back
- Go to user's profile
- Click Following → Unfollow
- You'll no longer see their posts in your feed
- Go to your profile
- Click Followers to see who follows you
- Click Following to see who you follow
Send direct messages to other users for private conversations.
- Click on a user's profile
- Click Message button
- Type your message
- Click Send
- One-to-one conversations — Private messages with individual users
- Real-time updates — See when people are typing
- Read receipts — Know when messages are read
- Conversation history — View all past messages
- Block users — Stop receiving messages from someone
- Click the Messages icon (top navigation)
- See all your conversations
- Click a conversation to open it
- Reply to continue the conversation
✅ Good messages:
- Are respectful and kind
- Get straight to the point
- Are relevant to the other person's work/interests
❌ Avoid:
- Spam or unsolicited promotion
- Personal attacks or rudeness
- Repeated messages if ignored
- Sharing private information
Control your CrowdUp experience with granular settings.
Access via: Profile → Settings → Account
- Email — Update your email address
- Password — Change your password
- Username — Change your display username
- Delete account — Permanently remove your account
Access via: Profile → Settings → Privacy
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Profile visibility
- Public: Anyone can view
- Private: Only followers can view
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Messages
- Who can message you (Everyone, Followers only, Nobody)
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Show activity
- Display when you're online
- Show your activity timeline
Access via: Profile → Settings → Notifications
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Posts & comments
- Get notified when someone comments on your post
- Get notified when someone upvotes your post
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Messaging
- Get notified of new messages
- Sound/email notifications
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Follows
- Get notified when someone follows you
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Email frequency
- Receive daily/weekly digests or disable entirely
Access via: Profile → Settings → Preferences
- Theme — Light mode, dark mode, or system default
- Language — Select your preferred language
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Feed algorithm
- Trending: Popular posts first
- Recent: Newest posts first
- Personalized: Posts from who you follow
Discover and connect with apps and companies in the CrowdUp ecosystem.
- Navigate to Apps section
- Browse available apps by category
- Click an app to see:
- Description and purpose
- Integration status
- Reviews and ratings
- How to use it with CrowdUp
- Navigate to Companies section
- Browse companies by industry
- Click a company to see:
- Company profile
- Products/services
- Website and contact
- Posts and updates from that company
- Jobs and opportunities
- Click Follow on an app or company page
- See their posts in your feed
- Receive updates about new releases or announcements
CrowdUp algorithm learns your interests:
- Suggests relevant apps to your activity
- Recommends companies you might find interesting
- Shows jobs or products aligned with your profile
Track community recognition and see who the top contributors are.
Your reputation grows through:
- Upvotes — Community validation of your content
- Comments — Meaningful engagement
- Posts — Sharing valuable ideas
- Helpful answers — Community recognizes helpfulness
- Consistent activity — Regular, quality contributions
- Click Leaderboard in navigation
- See top contributors by:
- Reputation — Highest reputation scores
- Recent activity — Most active this week
- Posts — Most posts created
- Trending — Rising stars
Community members can earn badges for:
- First post — Posted your first idea
- Top contributor — High reputation score
- Helpful expert — Answers questions well
- Community leader — Strong network and engagement
- Special achievements in various categories
Your reputation reflects community trust:
- Use it to build credibility
- Help others confidently
- Become a recognized expert
- Access to special features or roles (if applicable)
The feed is your window into the CrowdUp community.
What you see:
- Posts from users you follow
- Trending posts in your interests
- Posts in categories you follow
- Recommended posts based on your activity
- Trending — Posts gaining momentum
- Recent — Newest posts first
- Top — Highest-voted posts (all time or this week)
- Following — Only posts from who you follow
- Personalized — Algorithm picks best for you (default)
Browse categories:
- Click a category to see all posts in that category
- Follow categories to see more in your feed
Search:
- Use the search bar to find posts by keywords
- Filter by post type, category, or date
Explore trending:
- See what's trending in the community
- Find emerging discussions
Follow users & apps:
- When you follow someone, their posts appear in your feed
- When you follow apps/companies, see their updates
- Go to Settings → Preferences
- Choose feed algorithm:
- Trending
- Recent
- Personalized
- Choose categories to follow
- Follow/unfollow users and apps
- Create quality posts — Clear, valuable content
- Engage authentically — Comment thoughtfully
- Follow relevant people — Build a network
- Respond to comments — Engage in conversations
- Be consistent — Regular activity builds reputation
- Post about topics you care about (passion shows!)
- Ask thoughtful questions
- Provide helpful answers
- Create posts that start conversations
- Use relevant categories and tags
- Upvote content you find valuable
- Leave constructive comments
- Help new members
- Report inappropriate content
- Follow community guidelines
- Getting started? See Getting-Started
- Troubleshooting issues? See Troubleshooting
- Back to home: Home
Last updated: 27 December 2025
