Design to Thrive: Creating Social Networks and Online Communities that Last

Design to Thrive: Creating Social Networks and Online Communities that Last image
ISBN-10:

0123749212

ISBN-13:

9780123749215

Author(s): Howard, Tharon
Edition: 1
Released: Feb 23, 2010
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Format: Paperback, 248 pages
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Description:

Social networks and online communities are reshaping the way people communicate, both in their personal and professional lives. What makes some succeed and others fail? What draws a user in? What makes them join? What keeps them coming back? Entrepreneurs and businesses are turning to user experience practitioners to figure this out. Though they are well-equipped to evaluate and create a variety of interfaces, social networks require a different set of design principles and ways of thinking about the user in order to be successful.

Design to Thrive presents tried and tested design methodologies, based on the author’s decades of research, to ensure successful and sustainable online communities -- whether a wiki for employees to share procedures and best practices or for the next Facebook. The book describes four criteria, called "RIBS," which are necessary to the design of a successful and sustainable online community. These concepts provide designers with the tools they need to generate informed creative and productive design ideas, to think proactively about the communities they are building or maintaining, and to design communities that encourage users to actively contribute.












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