Roadmap
Website
Filters for Books

Books will support filtering by genre, author, and reading level. It will also support searching by the title.

View Books
Website
Artist Profiles

Users will be able to view a full listing of all Poets, Composers, Artists, and Authors in the Ming Aretê anthology.

Each artist will have a page to view their works and life events in a detailed interactive timeline.

View Artists
Website
Commenting on Posts

Users will be able to comment on posts from other users in their feed.

View My Feed
Website
Vershina View for Personal Ratings

Users will be able to view their rated items in a Vershina View according to their own ratings.

Currently, users can add content like Poems and Books to their personal anthology by clicking "I'm Familiar" or "I've Read" on the content listing or page. The Vershina View provides a convenient way to view and share your ratings with others. This Vershina View will be available on the user's public profile as well as within their personal dashboard.

View My Anthology
Website
Musical Works

A new type of content will be added to the platform: Musical Works.

Musical Works represent the world of classical music. They will accompany the existing Music Boxes and will be a new way to experience music. Users will be able to browse, collect, rate, like, and share Musical Works, just like they can with Poems, Artworks, and Books.

View Musical WorksView ComposersView the Leaderboard
Website
Culture Spectrum for Content Familiarity

We will be adding a new way to visualize a user's content ratings with a radar chart.

The radar chart will appear at the top of a user's public profile and, at a glance, show the balance of the user's interests across various content categories– whether that is Poetry, Artworks, Books, or Musical Works.

See it on a User's Profile
Website
Liking Content

Users will be able to like various kinds of content from the Ming Aretê anthology, including Books, Poems, Musical Works, and Artworks.

Users will also be able to like Lessons that they have purchased.

Find some content to like!
App
Support Social Posts

The Ming Aretê App will support publishing, liking and commenting on posts, just like the web platform.

Website
Vershina View for Content Listings

Users will be able to view content in a Vershina View according to their cumulative user ratings.

Vershina is Ming Aretê's system of ranking. It comes from the Russian word "vershina", which means "peak" or "summit". Aside from the public activity, we also use this system to rank content.

Vershina Activities
App
Musical Works for the App

The Musical Works from the Ming Aretê Anthology will be viewable in the App.

App
Forum for the App

The Ming Aretê App will support the forum, so users can discuss ideas on the go.

Visit the Forum
Website & App
Direct Messaging

Users will be able to send and receive direct messages from their friends.

Find Some Friends Now!
App
Browse Users

Users will be able to browse other users in the app. View their profile, their posts, anthology and more!

App
Leaderboard for the App

Users will be able to view the leaderboard in the app and see where they rank among other users.

View the Leaderboard
Website & App
Vershina View

Users will be able to view all content by rankings in the Vershina View. Vershina is Ming Aretê's system of ranking that users already use to rate content in the anthology. There's also a Vershina activity page where users can rank the things they like.

The Vershina View for content will be a unique way to browse content by rankings.