Thewall
Intro
thewall is an online message board for DKU members to anonymously publish their messages & appeals. The service was up since February 2021 as an anonymous branch of Gallinula forum, and now became the most popular Web App at Duke Kunshan University.
Quick Facts: Until 2022/08/18, more than 40% of DKU students have used this service and 80.5% of the user will return to the service the next day. The service has received 8.7k messages in total with a daily PV of 2k~3k.
Product Features
- Emoji style with card design
- Live chat in real-time
- Reply to a quoted message
- All users has the equal permission to "veto-off" any inappropriate message on the board. And the deleted messages will be kept in the trash bin for 24 hours.
Technical Architecture
Node.js serving as backend system, and Vue.js as front-end system. Live message notification service is available (powered by Bark) running on the server end.
Future updates:
- Migrate the database to online PaaS services
- Adopt global CDN service for faster response speed
- Use websocket to sync messages
- Live drawing board
Published: 2020-05-14