Human-centered Design for Decentralized Social Media
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Topic
Human-centered Design for Decentralized Social Media
Description
Please describe the nature of your session activity An open-format discussion about how decentralization could improve or transform existing models of social media to better support individuals and communities. We plan to discuss issues with current social platforms, new approaches to decentralized social media, and ideate on human-centered design practices. We've compiled a list of reading and listening resources here: tinyurl.com/dwebsocial
Hopes & dreams
Sharing ideas, asking meaningful thought-provoking questions, learning from each other
Core facilitators
Manasi Vora & Nicole Laurel
Main contact (email)
manasilvora@gmail.com, nicole@wednesdaystudio.co
Space Requirements
- [] Electricity
- [] Monitor
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Whiteboard or pad - [] Table and chairs
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Seating in circle -
Open space outdoors - [] Either indoors or outdoors is fine
- [] Other (Specify)
Time Requirements
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1 hour - [] 2 hours
- [] Multiple sessions across 1 day
- [] Multiple sessions across 2 days
- [] Multiple sessions across 3 days
- [] Pre breakfast session
- [] Evening session
- [] Other (Specify)
Who should participate
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Coders -
Creatives -
Policymakers - [] Children under 12
- [] Teens 12 - 18
- [] Anyone and everyone
- [] Other (Specify)
What will participants take away?
New thoughts, ideas, and open questions about designing social media for individuals and communities
Keywords
Decentralized Social Media, Human Centered Design, Geopolitics, Mental Health
Session rundown (tell us a rough outline of your plan)
Start with introductions, define our terms, and discuss examples of decentralized social media projects. Next we'll present different subject categories to participants, and ask the group to choose which topics they'd most like to discuss. After this we'll dive deeper into discussion of the selected topics.
Relevant links
Relevant links about your project (optional) tinyurl.com/dwebsocial
Relevant Experience -- share why you'll be great!
Nicole is a product and brand designer at Wednesday Studio with experience working on a decentralized social graph protocol, Manasi has worked on decentralized storage and has done extensive research on decentralized social media applications
Graphic or video link
Optional graphic or video to pitch your exciting project!