Scenarios and Personas 2:

Robert Nesta

Employer: Bank employee
Computer skills: Normal

Background Story

Robert Nesta is employed in a bank. He lives in Berlin and spends most of his free time on internet reading articles and news from around the world. He also is interested in discussing that news with other people. However, he is skeptical about the fact that he cannot risk revealing his identity. The majority of news websites require an account in order to allow the user to post a comment. Also he cannot express his thoughts on facebook, twitter or other social networks because he might be criticized by his company.

Scenario

He has heard about 3speech. He needs to download the i2p network and install it on his computer. After he is done with the configurations and settings he is ready to browse 3speech. He logs in to his account and starts following discussions that are already held in 3speech. Also he is able to fetch an article or a media file from another website and start a discussion around it. Inside 3speech he has no identity; he is absolutely untraceable and free to express his ideas without any concern. Finally he is able to start building a discussion society around his interests and interact with other users.

Alaa Abdel-Fattah  : “Arrested by Egyptian Junta ”

Employer: Blogger
Background: Famous blogger
Computer skills: Advanced

Background Story

Alaa Abdel-Fattah  , one of Egypt’s most famous bloggers and activists , was arrested in 2006 during a peaceful protest. Someone can state that this was a random arrest of a protestor. Six years later, it is common known that he had been arrested because of his blog’s significant reputation. It was another example of the systematic targeting of journalists, bloggers, and activists by Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). This is a real example of internet free speech criminalization. Abdel-Fattah was not the only person that had been arrested for expressing freely his ideas. Many people around the globe had been banned from social networks and other websites for expressing their thoughts.

Scenario

Abdel-Fattah wants to continue blogging and posting his ideas and thoughts. But he is concerned about his own safety and freedom. With 3speech available he is now able to spread his thoughts without any hesitation.

He has heard about 3speech. He needs to download the i2p network and install it on his computer. After he is done with the configurations and settings he is ready to browse 3speech. He logs in to his account and starts following discussions that are already held in 3speech. Now he is able to view any topic of his interest, comment it or start his own new topic about the subject of his interest.