DIGITAL APPLICATION
PEEPS
DIGITAL APPLICATION
Connecting with others and making friends, especially in college, has always been a challenge. Peep aims to eliminate the obstacles that hinder your path to making friends, offering a fresh approach to connecting with people and building meaningful relationships.
The goal of the project was to foster genuine connections by creating a safe and inclusive platform where users can confidently connect with like-minded peers, share their passions, and build meaningful social relationships.
Feeling lonely in college is common due to the challenges of adapting to a new environment, potential social anxiety, diverse backgrounds, demanding schedules, existing cliques, mismatched expectations, and fears of rejection, all of which can hinder the process of making friends.
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In the limited time available, I laid out specific research goals to refine the focus and gain insights into how people currently manage to socialize and make friends
Understanding User Needs and Challenges
Gain insights into the specific needs, challenges, and pain points that college students face when it comes to making friends on campus.
Identifying Preferred Interaction Channels
Determine the preferred communication channels, interaction styles, and features that would encourage college students to use a friend-making app.
Exploring Social Dynamics on College Campuses
Understand the social dynamics and cultural nuances on college campuses that may influence friend-making behaviors.
Dating apps are very common among college students. The students also care about local school news.
Bumble
Personalisation Setting
Quick and Easy
Filter option
Yiktak
Exclusive news circle
School verification
Meetup
Real-life events
Local hang out spots
One effective way to understand how college students make friends is by conducting interviews. Although individual experiences may differ, certain shared opinions rise among these conversations.
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It is important for an social networking app to create a safety environment and real connections
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After user testing and peers review, I realized
- The app could be mistaken with a Dating App - due to having the same visual cues
- There wasn't a strong "community sense" throughout the app.
- Some button shouldn't be hidden/no drop down menu.
As a result,
The app feels empty and not very engaging. It lacked intuitiveness.
Use your school email to create and verify your account - This is to ensure a safety and secure network for everyone. Then we will take you to your school server. This is where you will start meeting people from your school.
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As much as you want to know more about people, they want to know more about you too! Adding your hobbies, interests, signs, etc can help you find better matches.
Using our advance filter will help you get the best results. This combine with the information you provide above will help us find the best matches for you.
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The mission of this app is to bring real connection. Never run out of topic to talk about and plan a real hang out date that actually going to happen!
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