Mid-July: Follow Feature! Information about this upcoming feature

Hello wonderful 7 Cups Community,

I am excited to announce a new upcoming feature. We are hoping this feature will launch in the next 1-2 weeks. Take a look & let us know what you think!

Problem we are trying to solve:We need connections to other people in order to grow. The more connections you have with strong and growing people, the higher the chance that you'll be able to personally grow and overcome any challenges you might be facing. You can think of interpersonal connection as a continuum. One one side you have people that are very isolated and alone with no connections. On the other side you have people surrounded by kind and loving others.

<-- No one/Alone------------------------------Surrounded by Loving Others-->

The further you are to the right the stronger you will be and the better quality of life you will experience.

A great many people come to 7 Cups for help, but not all of them are able to make a lot of connections. As a result, we are not able to help them as much as we would like. To address this issue, we are going to release a new feed and follow feature that will give members and listeners a way to increase the number of helpful connections they experience.

This is how it'll work:

=====> As a listener, you'll be able to send out an encouraging message to all of your followers. For anyone you?re following, you'll be updated on their progress - what guides they read, what growth steps completed, how many mindfulness exercises etc. You'll be able to give people you follow support by hearting their posts, updates, and personal accomplishments. You'll also be able to follow other listeners and learn from them as well.

=====> As a member, you'll see encouraging messages from your listeners and other members. You'll get uplifting images from 7 cups tailored to the challenges you are working on. You'll be able to share your progress with others and receive positive feedback through hearts. In short, you'll have more connection points that help support you on your journey.

In addition to updates related to 7 Cups community activities, like forum posts, reviews, alerts, online availability, upvotes, alerts, recent activity..etc. you will also have the ability to post quotes, pictures, and links. And you will be able to share these updates to your personal social media.

Note:This does not mean that there will be a change in our social media or connecting off site policy.

This feed will be moderated by you,collectively as a community and we will give you the tools and framework to do that.You will be able to flag posts which are not aligned with our community guidelines. And we'll provide security options so you can block anyone you don't want following you. You will be able to curate your feed to your preference.

This will be another unique way for you all to communicate and share in the support giving process together.

As always, thank you for helping us continue to evolve 7 cups! We are getting there one step at a time!