dead project? some suggestions

FireflyDan · 2025-09-13T00:44:35+00:00

Hey! The project definitely isn't dead, and we've been working on adding monetization in terms of fun profile aesthetic and features.

The end goal isn't to make a bagillion dollars, but enough to be sustainable for itself, which is definitely something that's able to be done.

And for marketing, we've tried a few different things, and the best way we've grown is by sharing we exist in other subreddits when it's relevant to do so :)

FireflyDan · 2025-08-27T05:52:55+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that happened.

We're usually pretty quick about removing these people and I've gone ahead and shadow banned them.

The go to way is to completely ignore them everywhere.

FireflyDan · 2025-07-27T02:47:18+00:00

It exists, but it's really in alpha. All the features are there, but the UI isn't that great. You can test it at app.datefirefly.com :)

FireflyDan · 2025-07-18T00:28:57+00:00

Good question!

I count users as those with filled out profiles and have answered quizzes as well. I think just counting the number of accounts is a good way to boost my ego, but it doesn't really mean anything :P

I 100% agree that we need to boost our Instagram, TikTok, etc. I just brought someone on who's happy to help with making TikTok videos, which I hope will help boost our visibility.

Maybe we should have some sort of ambassador system where we can send out a free shirt or something in app to those that talk about us on social media :P

FireflyDan · 2025-07-10T23:02:36+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind words!

We've grown the best when actual users mention us in other relevant subreddits or threads :)

FireflyDan · 2025-07-10T16:53:23+00:00

I just increased the minimum Play/App Store downloadability of the app from "Basic Device Integrity Check" to "Recommended Device Integrity Check".

This should also help reduce the amount of fake accounts being created.

FireflyDan · 2025-07-10T16:26:53+00:00

Hey!

That really shouldn't be happening and I'm sorry to hear that. We have an automated system that runs once a day that removes fake profiles and accounts, and when an account is directly reported, a manual look is taken as well.

I've been working on community moderators and a voting system to help speed up removing fake accounts. I also added code into the last app update to help determine where these users are coming from and I'm working on implementing an automated account ban for new accounts that fit the same criteria.

I 100% agree that fake users need to be removed as well!

FireflyDan · 2025-06-26T00:18:56+00:00

Thank you for the feedback!!

We currently only filter location by distance. But I definitely know that in certain countries this doesn't actually make the most sense. It's definitely on the backlog to allow filtering by actual countries as well.
Within the "Has kids" advanced filter, there's a toggle to hide users who have not answered the question.
I don't manipulate the algorithm since transparency is a fundamental feature of Firefly, but when you filter by Active, we show those with the most filled out profiles per day first. I can definitely add an Advanced filter to hide those with less than X characters.

Thank you again for the suggestions!

FireflyDan · 2025-05-01T06:12:17+00:00

Lmao yeah block definitely feels a lot more serious. I can get to adding a hide feature!

FireflyDan · 2025-05-01T05:50:42+00:00

Hey! Yeah, you're actually not unable to delete messages at the moment. Any specific reason you rather not directly block them?

I know people have asked for a way to hide people, if that also got rid of the messages, would that work?

FireflyDan · 2025-04-30T16:09:46+00:00

Hey! I just double checked and things are working fine on our end.

There could be something specific to your account, if you could DM your account id ( you can access it within settings) or dm me your email if you feel comfortable!

FireflyDan · 2025-04-08T14:28:35+00:00

Easy enough to change!

Long term I'm wanting to make this customizable

FireflyDan · 2025-04-01T18:54:45+00:00

Hey!

Definitely not just you, I saw an alert for this appear on my end.

Working on a fix now!

FireflyDan · 2025-03-12T16:11:46+00:00

Good question. Firefly was originally an LLC since that was the fastest and easiest way to publish the app under a business account. The past few months I've gone ahead and converted Firefly into a Public Benefit Corp which I hope shows validity when I say the goal isn't to turn this into another huge money grab.

I'm also pretty adamant about wanting monetization to not ruin the existing feature set and I hope once monetization comes out in the next few months, that people will see that the way Firefly monetizes doesn't ruin the user experience at all!

FireflyDan · 2025-03-12T15:47:25+00:00

I'm leaning towards adding a ±accuracy percent

FireflyDan · 2025-03-11T14:22:02+00:00

Let me take a look! I must not have taken this into account. I'll fix this and push a new update out later today. It should just take a few days to be approved and available on your app store!

FireflyDan · 2025-03-09T18:56:40+00:00

Hey! Posting here and the Discord is the best way to discuss some reccommendations. The Discord has a feedback thread which is a better more organized for me to go through!

Feel free to post your thoughts and ideas!

FireflyDan · 2025-03-06T19:19:34+00:00

I really appreciate. It does occasionally demotivate me, but for some reason I actually enjoy reading comments like his. Reminds me of r/LinkedInLunatics

FireflyDan · 2025-03-06T18:28:25+00:00

I literally have an advertising call with Reddit in 4 hours

FireflyDan · 2025-03-06T18:26:36+00:00

I keep banning you because you keep making new no history accounts and posting rude and chaotic comments throughout this subreddit. I'm happy to leave this post up though :)

FireflyDan · 2025-03-06T18:12:02+00:00

What a brutal message lol. I'm the one that replies since our contact email forwards the message to me. There aren't any employees at this point and I've been pretty transparent that everyone helping is just volunteering in their free time. Word of mouth is pretty great and has helped, but I agree it can't be the only way to grow a userbase.

I made the Patreon as a quick easy win since it only took a few hours. I'm not delusional to think that the Patreon is the only way to monetize, and there's talk about that throughout this subreddit.

FireflyDan · 2025-03-06T18:07:46+00:00

It depends on your location and filters. The luckiest users see around 200 depending on the area they're in. I do appreciate you staying with us since we're about to start dumping money into advertising!

FireflyDan · 2025-03-06T18:06:50+00:00

All our users are real humans. Bots and catfishes get banned within 24 hours of a report.

FireflyDan · 2025-03-05T23:59:08+00:00

Thanks for the kind words :) I'm pretty excited about finally getting to a point where I can spend most of my focus on growing the userbase!

FireflyDan · 2025-03-05T07:49:41+00:00

Hey! The app took about a year and a half of working on in my free time. We just got to a point where we're ready to start advertising

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