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Platform Updates

What's New

The latest improvements to the Fractals community intelligence platform.

Turn standout local stories into keepsakes—and reader loyalty into revenue. Community Dashboard operators can now sell printed, mailed 4-page story editions directly from each article, with Stripe checkout, member discounts, and built-in fulfillment tracking.

Turn standout local stories into keepsakes—and reader loyalty into revenue. Community Dashboard operators can now sell printed, mailed 4-page story editions directly from each article, with Stripe checkout, member discounts, and built-in fulfillment tracking.

Community Dashboard readers can now share interests and local details to personalize what they receive, while earning engagement points. Operators get richer first-party audience insight to sharpen content, newsletters, and member value.

Community Dashboard readers can now share interests and local details to personalize what they receive, while earning engagement points. Operators get richer first-party audience insight to sharpen content, newsletters, and member value.

Community Dashboard operators can now sell print newspaper subscriptions directly from their sites—with flexible editions, Stripe billing, shipping lists, and built-in operator markup. Turn a digital audience into recurring print revenue without another system.

Community Dashboard operators can now sell print newspaper subscriptions directly from their sites—with flexible editions, Stripe billing, shipping lists, and built-in operator markup. Turn a digital audience into recurring print revenue without another system.

New: Community Impact Scores for local businesses 🏆 Dashboard operators can now showcase how deeply each business is rooted in the community — tracking local ownership, community involvement, mentions, and verified impact metrics. Real signal. Real trust.

New: Community Impact Scores for local businesses 🏆 Dashboard operators can now showcase how deeply each business is rooted in the community — tracking local ownership, community involvement, mentions, and verified impact metrics. Real signal. Real trust.

New: Frictionless signup prompts now appear across all Community Dashboard pages — events, polls, analytics & more. Visitors convert to members in one tap, no password needed. Free → Premium upgrade prompts for existing members too. 🚀

New: Frictionless signup prompts now appear across all Community Dashboard pages — events, polls, analytics & more. Visitors convert to members in one tap, no password needed. Free → Premium upgrade prompts for existing members too. 🚀

Community Dashboard operators can now rank local businesses by verified Community Impact Scores—local jobs, sponsorships, civic support, and profile completeness. It turns directories into trust-building revenue inventory, not just listings.

Community Dashboard operators can now rank local businesses by verified Community Impact Scores—local jobs, sponsorships, civic support, and profile completeness. It turns directories into trust-building revenue inventory, not just listings.

Approval Ratings just got more flexible: Community Dashboard operators can create site-specific categories alongside defaults, tailoring civic sentiment tracking to each market’s real beats—schools, projects, local issues, or whatever matters there.

Approval Ratings just got more flexible: Community Dashboard operators can create site-specific categories alongside defaults, tailoring civic sentiment tracking to each market’s real beats—schools, projects, local issues, or whatever matters there.

Signup prompts now appear across stories, events, polls, analytics, and approval ratings, with new markets defaulting to the Command theme. Operators get more member capture points and a cleaner path from reader attention to paid access.

Signup prompts now appear across stories, events, polls, analytics, and approval ratings, with new markets defaulting to the Command theme. Operators get more member capture points and a cleaner path from reader attention to paid access.

Community Dashboard operators can now turn existing local content into short-form videos with a dedicated Shorts feed, homepage placement, API, and S3 uploads. More native social inventory, more engagement, and another way to package every story into value.

Community Dashboard operators can now turn existing local content into short-form videos with a dedicated Shorts feed, homepage placement, API, and S3 uploads. More native social inventory, more engagement, and another way to package every story into value.

Fractals Print turns live community data into newspaper-ready pages: reader polls, approval ratings, and civic sentiment become premium print sections for local subscribers and sponsors.

Fractals Print turns live community data into newspaper-ready pages: reader polls, approval ratings, and civic sentiment become premium print sections for local subscribers and sponsors.

Community Dashboard operators can now publish paid-only stories through the API, making premium/local-member content easier to automate at scale. Cleaner workflows for subscriber revenue, special reports, court records, and other gated coverage.

Community Dashboard operators can now publish paid-only stories through the API, making premium/local-member content easier to automate at scale. Cleaner workflows for subscriber revenue, special reports, court records, and other gated coverage.

Community Dashboard operators can now launch local approval ratings for officials, agencies, projects, and more—with monthly voting, trend charts, and gated results for members. It turns civic sentiment into recurring engagement and subscriber value.

Community Dashboard operators can now launch local approval ratings for officials, agencies, projects, and more—with monthly voting, trend charts, and gated results for members. It turns civic sentiment into recurring engagement and subscriber value.

Community Dashboard operators can now sell ribbon cutting packages with online booking, Stripe payment, photographer scheduling, gallery publishing, and distribution tracking. A local celebration becomes a repeatable revenue product.

Community Dashboard operators can now sell ribbon cutting packages with online booking, Stripe payment, photographer scheduling, gallery publishing, and distribution tracking. A local celebration becomes a repeatable revenue product.

Community Dashboard operators now get a dedicated For Businesses landing page that turns free profiles, events, jobs, ads, and upgrades into one clear sales path. Easier local business onboarding means more leads and more recurring revenue.

Community Dashboard operators now get a dedicated For Businesses landing page that turns free profiles, events, jobs, ads, and upgrades into one clear sales path. Easier local business onboarding means more leads and more recurring revenue.

Community Dashboard operators can now launch Best In Town directory pages that rank local businesses by category, capture leads, and unlock sponsored placements. It turns local search into a repeatable revenue engine.

Community Dashboard operators can now launch Best In Town directory pages that rank local businesses by category, capture leads, and unlock sponsored placements. It turns local search into a repeatable revenue engine.

Community Dashboard operators can now send newsletters by email or SMS from one workflow, with smart fallback delivery and duplicate-send protection built in. That means broader reach, cleaner delivery, and a better chance your local updates actually get seen.

Community Dashboard operators can now send newsletters by email or SMS from one workflow, with smart fallback delivery and duplicate-send protection built in. That means broader reach, cleaner delivery, and a better chance your local updates actually get seen.

Operators can now gate premium stories behind active paid subscriptions, with faster sign-in and one-step checkout built into the story experience. That means a cleaner paywall, less purchase friction, and more recurring reader revenue for your Community Dashboard.

Operators can now gate premium stories behind active paid subscriptions, with faster sign-in and one-step checkout built into the story experience. That means a cleaner paywall, less purchase friction, and more recurring reader revenue for your Community Dashboard.

Operators can now embed Lead Gen captures directly in stories — readers opt-in to hear from Verified local businesses, and you make the warm intro. New revenue stream, zero cold outreach. 🎯 #CommunityDashboard

Operators can now embed Lead Gen captures directly in stories — readers opt-in to hear from Verified local businesses, and you make the warm intro. New revenue stream, zero cold outreach. 🎯 #CommunityDashboard

Newsletter operators can now create instant, custom CTAs inside their broadcasts — build a button, set the link, pick a theme, and save it for reuse. Drive signups, ticket sales, or any action directly from your newsletter. ⚡ #CommunityDashboard

Newsletter operators can now create instant, custom CTAs inside their broadcasts — build a button, set the link, pick a theme, and save it for reuse. Drive signups, ticket sales, or any action directly from your newsletter. ⚡ #CommunityDashboard

Launch a paid Verified Business program in your community. $99/year standard or $499/year category-exclusive — powered by Stripe Connect, live directly on your dashboard. New recurring revenue stream for Fractals operators.

Launch a paid Verified Business program in your community. $99/year standard or $499/year category-exclusive — powered by Stripe Connect, live directly on your dashboard. New recurring revenue stream for Fractals operators.

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