Hey Pickful community!

We've made a series of important updates to the Pickful platform to provide a more stable and secure user experience.

✨ UI Improvements

Repost & Quote Features

• Fixed vertical alignment of repost icon to match like and comment icons
• Improved quote modal layout with dark mode support
• Replaced blocking success modal with lightweight toast notification

Notification Cards

• Fixed notification card display issues in dark mode

🔐 Security Enhancements

Admin Permission System Upgrade

• Migrated admin authentication from hardcoded IDs to database field management

Points System Transaction Safety

• Implemented database locking mechanism for points operations to prevent race conditions

Payment Verification Strengthened

• Added wallet address format validation for VIP payment flow
• Improved error handling for better system stability

Push Notification Security

• Migrated VAPID keys to secure credentials storage

⚡ Performance Optimization

Query Efficiency

• Optimized user follow relationship queries, significantly reducing database load
• Improved feed loading speed for better browsing experience

Data Write Optimization

• Optimized post content sync mechanism to reduce unnecessary database writes
• Points changes now execute after transaction commit to ensure data consistency

🛠 Bug Fixes

Registration Flow

• Fixed referral code logic to distinguish between "referrer's code" and "user's own code"
• Made referral code validation optional for smoother registration

Draft Feature

• Fixed draft list display issue
• Added parameter validation for draft auto-save

🗃 Data Integrity

• Added unique index on post short codes to prevent collision in edge cases
• Added idempotency check for registration bonus to prevent duplicate rewards

Thank you for using Pickful! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. #product

The #Pickful Team

February 1, 2026