Attend Events The activity diagram below specifies the steps that must be taken for a user to add an event to his personal events list. In order for a user to have access to this feature of the website they must register first otherwise the user is not authorised. Registration must be done to be …
Monthly Archive: April 2015
Apr 23
Activity Diagram: Search
Search The following activity diagram shows the actions that must be taken by the user in order to search for a venue in our web application. The first page displayed to the user is the ‘Home Page’ where the user can view three different sets of criteria that must be specified in order to complete …
Apr 23
Oral History Part 1: First meeting and Idea sharing
This is our first part of our oral history of Be Seated, these are a set of recollections about how our idea evolved from differing perspectives as told from our team members. First up is Colin and his recollection about the first big session on choosing the idea and agreeing on a name.
Apr 23
Survey Results
Survey Result We have interview 34 people about our project, and their age groups are divided into 4 shown as Fig.1. And we mainly focus on people whose age is between 18 and 45. Fig.1 The ages of interviewees Fig.2 displays the answer of each question. Most interviewees have used a crowd-reviewing site. …
Apr 22
The Future of Be Seated
Future of Be Seated We have presented a feasible, realistic and workable first build of Be Seated. We are aware however of all the extra features that could be added to make the service bigger, better and more exciting for users. Here is a selection of future improvements that we could implement as our service …
Apr 22
News: Twitter vs. Trolls
Twitter and protecting Users In efforts to tackle abuse, Twitter is taking new measures to secure its users. This is interesting and pertinent for any social networking site. The firm has admitted that it has not done enough to protect its users. Be Seated must make sure that it does not ignore the necessity …
Apr 22
Promotion & Marketing of Be Seated
How will we market & promote Be Seated? In this post we will discuss possible ways to market Be Seated. We are confident that the service and idea is quite useful and rewarding for users but initially some leg work will be required to make people aware of the site. Ideas for marketing: Make …
Apr 22
User Incentives and Be Seated
Current Incentives for Be Seated Users A certain level of “intrinsic motivation”. Users feel part of the community and can get useful information from the service, like TripAdvisor. This has been proven to be a powerful tool in incentivising the crowd. In order to rapidly build up reviews (create a solid base of reviews immediately …
Apr 22
Unavoidable Ethical Questions About Social Networking
Social Networking has some general inescapable ethical concerns such as: Connecting people can be positive but it can also lead people into forming harmful relationships and connections. Cyber-bulling or trolling is a sad phenomenon and every effort should be made to avoid harassment of other users. Users have a right to privacy but in general …
Apr 22
Social and Ethical Considerations of Be Seated
While reviewing our idea we must consider its social and ethical impact. What follows is a collection of considerations that we have anticipated our service may expose. Businesses and by default employees could be harmed or have their reputation diminished by users poor reviews. Could lead to loss of business/revenue. No way to be …
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