Agora. View what you want, when you want.
- Role
- UX/UI & Product Designer
- Type
- Concept · Self-initiated
- Context
- IT-Högskolan · 2024
- Discipline
- UX/UI · Product
Empathize & Define
Concerning issues.
During our workshop it became evident to me that the vast amount of people had very little or no control over what their feeds were actually showing them. Current social media services are designed around showing you what they want, not what you want. They are by design, fostering an unhealthy environment that is made to keep you scrolling for as long as possible.
Excessive and intrusive advertising, disturbing content and bots were also mentioned many times. The fact that these issues were talked about with such normalcy surrounding them was very disturbing to me.
Social media today.
A few classmates and I hosted a workshop on the topic of social media. The goal was to gain insights into what our participants liked, disliked, and most importantly, how they felt about the experience overall and how it impacts their daily lives.
Ideate & Prototype
Thought process.
I wanted to address these issues and create a platform that is highly customizable and isn't solely focused on keeping you scrolling for as long as possible.
You should be able to filter content and create feeds of your own. See exactly what you want, when you want.
An algorithm shouldn't steer what you see unless you explicitly want it to.
Privacy is important. Your posts and profile should only be viewable to those you want.
Features
Chronological or algorithmic.
With Agora you can choose if you want your feeds to show posts chronologically or algorithmically. Gone is the frustration of missing your friends' posts because the algorithm chose not to show them.
Create and manage feeds
Build your own feeds.
Create entire feeds related to your hobbies, friends and family. Explore existing, curated feeds made by other users.
Post & profile visibility · Content filter
You decide who sees what.
Filter out unwanted subjects and content with ease. Manage who can see your posts and profile - granular controls that put privacy back in your hands.
Instant purchase & extra post info
With the instant purchase feature you can integrate clothing stores and upload direct links to individual clothing items - or entire outfits - within your post.