This is part of what we want to do to give back
again to creators. So if you've found what they're
talking about really valuable and you want to
leave them a comment, you can do. We can also
send them along a nice small amount of money
as well as a thank you. I love when you find
new things. becoming so much clearer. You know,
this podcast is going to be really useful. Welcome
to Fanzone, your bite -sized guide to getting
the most out of the True Fans podcast app. In
each episode, we'll discuss an aspect of the
app and hopefully answer any questions you may
have about it. Plus, when you listen to Fan Zone
in True Fans, you can earn as you listen and
use your earnings to support your favourite podcasters.
I'm Claire Waite Brown, independent podcaster
and all -round podcast enthusiast. And I'm Sam
Sethi, the CEO and founder of TrueFans. We've
started talking about the fun features that surround
the listening experience within True Fans, which
are found using the icons and tabs on the episode
screen. Visit episode seven of this show if you're
not sure what I'm talking about when I say the
episode screen. Next to the heart icon, which
we talked about in the previous episode, is the
playlist icon, which we have spoken about in
more detail in episode eight. So that's all you
need to know about that. So we're going to skip
along. The next icon is a speech bubble. What
happens when I click on this icon, Sam? It pulls
up a tab where you can write a comment. You can
basically write your content of your comment.
and you can if you want to just send that comment
straight away you don't have to pay anything
but if you choose to you can send a comment with
a payment so that's what we call a super comment
and a super comment can be with a small amount
or a big amount whatever you want and this is
part of what we want to do to give back again
to creators so if you've found what they're talking
about really valuable and you want to leave them
a comment you can do we can also send them along
a nice small amount of money as well as a thank
you. Brilliant. To set a default amount of currency
or number of sats that you want to give with
every super comment for every show or to set
an amount for one particular show follow Sam's
instructions in the heart icon episode but key
in the amount in the box labeled super comment.
When that's happened Is there a way that the
creator is then told that that has happened?
Yes. The creator is notified via a number of
mechanisms. One will be a screen notification
to the creator which will say, Claire or Sam
has just left you a comment. Or in the same way
with a heart or a like. You can see it in your
creator's admin dashboard where the comments
are all listed. And you can also choose as the
creator because you might not want to. You can
choose to have us send you an email as well which
will tell you you've just had a comment left
by Claire and this is what she said. Brilliant.
We're going to cover a few of those aspects a
bit further down the line with regards to the
creator's dashboard. As a listener, I can also
see comments that other people have made on an
episode. We talked about in the previous episode,
the little metadata and you can see how many
hearts somebody has given a show. And if somebody
has commented on an episode, that little speech
bubble icon comes up again underneath the show
art above the play resume button and along with
a number. Now, if I actually click on that, I
can then see the comments that have been made.
Is that right? Correct. Yes. And you can even
reply to a comment as well if you want. Ah, that's
interesting. So in fact, I'm looking at it now
on my screen. I have a little tick and I have
a share and I have a flag button under this comment
that somebody's left on the show. So can you
just give me a little rundown of that? Yes. So
again, somebody's written a comment. Somebody
might just like that comment. So I love what
you've just said to the creator and I agree with
it. I want to share this comment to social media
or via email or some other mechanism. I hate
this comment. This is really bad. They've just
said some really nasty things. I want to flag
this comment up for somebody to look at it and
maybe delete it. So that will then come to the
creator as a flag notification and to me and
the rest of the team here as a flag notification.
but we need to look at that comment for anything.
And you can leave a comment in that flag as well
to guide us as to why you've flagged it. And
then finally, of course, you might just want
to reply to a comment and how it started a threaded
conversation, normal stuff that you would see
on anywhere on social media. Yeah, exactly. Oh,
that's brilliant. Thank you. Cool. I love when
you find new things. becoming so much clearer.
You know, this podcast is going to be really
useful. Thanks so much for listening. There are
lots more episodes of Fan Zone for you to get
stuck into and that show you how to make the
most of the fab features that this forward looking
podcast app has to offer podcast listeners and
creators alike. We'd love to hear from you. You
can send us a comment on TrueFans, more about
that in the Fanzone episode on comments, which
is this episode, or email support@truefans
.fm.