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    The Web Now: Social

    Luke Wroblewski
    Principal Designer, Yahoo! Inc.

    IxD Symposium IA Summit 2006 03-23-2006

    Definitions
    What is Community? In 1999
    Discussion boards, email newsletters

    In 2006
    Tags, ratings, reviews, comments, trackbacks, RSS, sharing (email, IM), distribution, blogs, wikis

    Always
    People united by shared interests or goals

    What makes up a community?


    Content is King
    Great products create community Great actions (useful features & functions) Great interest (compelling content)

    Social Behaviors
    Reputation & Identity One to One, One to many, many to many communication Sequences, Rituals, Groups

    Whos In a Community?
    Yahoo! Groups Example Creators
    1% of the user population might start a group (or a thread within a group) 10% of the user population might participate actively, and actually author content whether starting a thread or responding to a thread-in-progress 100% of the user population benefits from the activities of the above groups

    Synthesizers

    Consumers

    * Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo! Research

    Why Enable Community?

    Value

    from

    human to human interactions

    * Images from Flickr

    Contribute
    flag

    Ratings reviews favorites wikis calendars comments tags discussion boards


    inline chat

    Share

    Email to friend save to list send via IM add


    to my site

    download trackbacks add to blog


    playlists subscribe invite

    Implications: Good
    Filter
    Provide Information about information Organic Popularity

    Original content creation


    Flickr

    Increased Engagement
    Yahoo! Answers

    Invested Customers
    eBay

    Collaborative Innovation
    eBay & PayPal

    Inclusion
    Lego Mindstorms

    * Images from Flickr

    Implications: Bad
    Too many social features can distract
    Blur the focus of the product Splogs, spratings, spags, comment spam, trackback spam Lightweight interactions = lightweight content Power participants can become a dominant force in the direction of a product Power can be abused The vocal minority: potential innovation hurdle Factions vs. Tribes Safety
    * Images from Flickr

    Quality

    Power Laws

    Privacy & Exposure

    Best Practices

    * Images from Flickr

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    Enable Identity
    Welcome
    Pay attention to people Flickr, MySpace

    Anonymity can be a death sentence


    Lack of accountability & reputation Nickname About/URL Images Stuff Ive Done Rewards Youve got mail!

    Personal Branding

    Accomplishments

    Social Incentive

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    Focus on the Epicenter

    VS.

    Dont lose sight of primary content and goals

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    Provide for Creators, Synthesizers, & Consumers

    Creators

    Synthesizers

    Consumers

    CSC personality types do not easily migrate between groups


    Scaling engagement is hard and often inappropriate

    Leverage differences to maintain balance

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    Design Systems
    Extensible
    Social applications grow organically Define flexibility upfront Define rules early on

    Think Ecosystem
    Movement of content Cycles

    Structured
    Interaction design establishes how a community can engage with each other and beyond

    Objects & Actions

    * Pearson Education

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    * http://flickr.com/photos/bryce/58299511/

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    Constraints Balance Systems


    Quality Control
    Lightweight interactions = lightweight content Burying the submit button [in community Web sites] encourages fewer, but better posts. -Derek Powazek, Design for Community, 2001 "The best check on bad behavior is identity. -Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook Founder Embrace Constraints

    Barriers to Entry

    Game Design

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    Questions?
    [email protected]

    * Images from Flickr

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