Wafrn

Wafrn is a social media web app created by gabboman, and is currently in alpha.

On the 17th of February 2023, it connected to the fediverse, allowing it to communicate with other independent social networks.

To register, you will need to provide a few details and your email to create an account.

Note: *you will need to verify the email, so use one that you have access to.*

## Buttons and Features

### Menu

Allows you to see the Dashboard, create a new post, and other options. Only appears on mobile, due to desktop having enough space to display all the options.

### Dashboard

The home page lets you see posts and reblogs from users you have followed.

### Write new post

Lets you make a post.

See: How to Post to Wafrn

### Notifications

Lets you see all your notifications, including likes, reblogs, and mentions.

You will receive a notification if a user follows you, or if one of your posts has received a reblog, or if someone @ mentions you.

At the bottom of the notification list, you can clear your notifications.

### Local explore

Lets you view posts from Wafrn users specifically.

### Explore

The Explore feature allows you to view all posts on the fediverse, ordered in which post or reblog was posted last.

### Private messages

The Private messages feature will let you view your private posts, that no one except admins can see (for safety purposes). It will only show to users that were mentioned in the post, but not to the sender. This might be a glitch.

A private post can be created by making a new post, and changing it from "public" to "show only to mentioned users."

### Search

The search feature allows you to search users by their usernames or descriptions, and posts by tags.

You don't even need to add a hashtag (#) to the search bar to search for posts with a specific tag. Just type in the word.

### My blog

The My blog button will bring you to your profile. On this page, you can see a header with your profile picture and your description. Underneath the header, you can see your posts and reblogs.

### Edit profile

The Edit profile button lets you change your profile picture or description. To confirm the changes, click Update profile.

### Privacy policy

Brings you to the Wafrn privacy policy at https://app.wafrn.net/privacy.

### Check the source code!

Brings you to Wafrn's Github page, where you can check the source code.

### Log in

Log in to an already existing account. Only appears to users not logged in.

### Register

Register for an account on Wafrn. Only appears to users not logged in.

### Explore without an account

Nearly identical to the Explore button when logged in. However there is a reoccurring post encouraging you to join. Only appears to users not logged in.

### Search a blog!

Identical to Search, just called something different. Only appears to users not logged in.

### Settings

Settings is an upcoming feature. It will have the ability to enable or disable asks, enable or disable sending emails, and a place to view all users you've blocked as well as letting you unblock blocked users.

### Notifications (Old)

Notifications used to appear as a small purple oval in the top-right corner. You could click on it to view your notifications, or clear them. At the bottom of the interface, you can click "mark all my notifications as read", which removes all of your notifications.

## Interface

Wafrn's interface has posts and reblogs/replies that you can scroll virtually infinitely, although it may cause lag if you scroll too far as your device loads more and more posts.

There is a plus button in the top-left corner that appears on mobile. It can be clicked to reveal a menu of more buttons, which are Dashboard, Write new post, Explore, Search, My blog, Edit profile, Check the source code!, Give us some money, and Log out. It does not appear on desktop due to having enough space to show all buttons.

### Posts

The Create post interface allows you to change the text size, bolden, italicize, and underline text, add a hyperlink to text, a code block option, an option to add an image, and a mention user tool.

Near the bottom of the post interface, you can add tags by typing a word or phrase and adding a comma afterward to add it to the post.

### Reblogs

The reblog button is on every post. It resembles a circular arrow and can be clicked to bring up an interface like the Create post one. In here you can put text or images, just like on a post.

### Quick Reblog

The quick reblog is even simpler. It is the button to the left of the Reblog button, and resembles a clock. Click it, confirm the CAPTCHA and the post will be reblogged with a message at the top of the thread saying: "*User* reblogged" and the rest of the post underneath it.

### Report

The report function allows you to report a post. There are four reasons for a post to be reported, as well as a feature where you can type out anything else that needs to be said about the post, which is optional.

The four reasons for reporting a post are:

* spam
* NSFW media that is not censored
* inciting hate against a person or collective
* illegal content

Additionally, there is a "block user" checkbox, beneath the options.

After you have selected a reason that the post must be reported, you can click Report.

**(WARNING: IF YOU DID NOT MEAN TO CLICK REPORT, CLICK CANCEL REPORT. *DO NOT* SEND FALSE REPORTS.)**

### Follow

To follow a user, click Follow next to their username. To unfollow them, click Unfollow.

### Notes

Notes are a feature that shows how many reblogs are on a post.

### Share

Share copies the post's URL to your clipboard, so you can paste it elsewhere.

### Delete

Deletes a post or a reblog. If the deleted post was in a chain, it will be changed to say "This post has been deleted". If the deleted post had no reblogs, it will be completely deleted.

## Trivia

* There used to be a mandatory CAPTCHA required to post in order to determine that you are not a robot. It has since been removed.
* Wafrn is a web app, which means it can only be accessed through the web, and does not have a dedicated app.
* It has been connected to the Fediverse.
* Wafrn went under maintenance for almost a day around May 19th. 2023.

## External Links

* Reoccurring Logged Out Explore Post: https://app.wafrn.net/post/872c9649-5043-460e-a9df-c35a568c8aef