Assembled and presented to colleagues during a meeting at the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design in City University, London ( http://www-hcid.soi.city.ac.uk ). This presentation offers a broad visual overview of current trends in social software design. It addresses technical social mechanisms, which are used to support, facilitate and trigger an array of interactions between users.
DevEX - reference for building teams, processes, and platforms
Technical Social Mechanisms - Examples and current trends
1. Technical Social Mechanisms
Examples and Current Trends
Amir Dotan
Centre for HCI Design, City University London
http://www-hcid.soi.city.ac.uk
- November 2007 -
2. Themes
• Network/Group Formation • Network Activity
• Social Circles • Informal/Casual
Communication
• Social Nearness
• Sharing/Distributing Content
• Privacy
• Social Filters
• Social Visualisation
• Social Taxonomies
• Reputation Management
• General Activity
• Social Presence/Feedback
• Socio-Chronological Context
• Social Triggers
• Social Rules and Norms
• Synchronous/Asynchronous
Communication • Social Utilities
• User Activity/History
• Collaboration
Amir Dotan – Centre for HCI Design, City
University LONDON