Feature Request: Public Song Comments, Reactions & Timestamped Notes (Parse-backed and realm too)

[YBTopaz8]

Problem

Dimmer currently supports UserNote attached to a song (IList) mainly for personal annotations and search reverse-lookup.
There is no unified, cross-platform way to:

Expose public comments

React to comments

Attach clickable timestamps that trigger playback/sample events

Keep UI parity across Android & WinUI 3

This limits social/emotional interaction during listening, which is a core engagement driver.

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Proposed Solution

Extend the existing UserNote concept into a first-class Song Comment system, backed by Parse Server and shared UI logic across platforms.

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Data Model (Parse)

Song

{
"objectId": "...",
"title": "...",
"artist": "...",
"userNotes": [Pointer]
}

UserNote (extended)

{
"objectId": "...",
"song": Pointer,
"author": Pointer<_User>,
"text": "string",
"timestampMs": 92340, // nullable
"isPublic": true,
"reactions": {
"like": 12,
"fire": 3,
"sad": 1
},
"createdAt": "Date"
}

Notes:

timestampMs == null → general comment

Public notes act as song comments

Private notes remain personal/search-only

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Functional Requirements

CRUD

Create / edit / delete own notes

Toggle isPublic

Fetch:

All public notes for a song

User’s private notes

Timestamp Interaction

Timestamp rendered as clickable UI

On click:

Seek playback to timestampMs

Fire OnSongSampleRequested(timestampMs)

Reactions

Lightweight reaction system (no separate class initially)

Atomic increment via Parse Cloud Code

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UI / UX Parity (Android & WinUI 3)

Now Playing – Comments Section

Scrollable list

Timestamp badge (if present)

Reaction buttons

Live highlight when playback crosses timestamp

Fragments / Views

Android: Fragment / Compose

WinUI 3: Page / UserControl

Shared ViewModel logic (MVVM)

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Parse Considerations

CLP:

Public read if isPublic == true

Write restricted to author

Index on:

song

isPublic

timestampMs

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Benefits

Enables real-time emotional sharing

No third-party ToS risk (YouTube/SoundCloud)

Reuses existing UserNote system

Scales naturally with Parse

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Out of Scope (for now)

Threaded replies (but to be very heavily considered)

Live typing indicators

Moderation tooling