Hi a suggestion could the Profile bio
Hi, a suggestion, could the Profile bio either support markdown or html, or preserve whitespace?
Context: Today, I got promo email that my limit for profile bio has been increased to 2000 chars (not sure what it was before), so I decided to update it. However, on the profile page, the bio text is rendered as plain text (so I can't use HTML or markdown features), and all extra whitespace (like newlines) is removed. The consequence of this is that all text is compressed into a big blob of hard-to-read text.
Thus, either preserving whitespace or supporting HTML/markdown would lead to nicer profile bios.
(Example: https://apify.com/jurooravec)
4 Replies
foreign-sapphire•3y ago
@FreefallTwelve Thanks for the feedback! I noted it down and we'll think of it during the next iteration.
Are you using your profile page now anyhow for promotion? I'm curious if you see any other potential improvements :))
exotic-emerald•3y ago
Hi @Daniel Do, Thanks for the reply! I tried to used it for promotion, but text is hard to read, so it's not that easy.
For context, I'm just starting to build an online presence in the context of scraping / data services. The way I see it, Apify's profile bio is not THE main place to promote the services, but rather a social proof - When they see my work and my bio, they get an idea that I'm professional and qualified for the work.
So from that perspective, ability to insert links (to refer to website), to include bullet points (to list out services), etc would be useful. Hence the HTML/markdown support I mentioned above.
@FreefallTwelve just advanced to level 1! Thanks for your contributions! 🎉
foreign-sapphire•3y ago
@FreefallTwelve Thanks, this is exactly what we needed 🙂 I'll add your suggestion to our insights and we'll think how we can make it better 🙂