Although social networking sites have become the commonplace over the past eight years since the introduction of Friendster in 2002, designers have not yet explored two important notions: 1) What kind of social experience do social networking sites foster?; and 2) Do social networking sites encourage community? … »

Josh Porter has a nice post out this week on the importance of taking user behaviors into account in social experience design. In Behavior First, Design Second, he makes use of an example I often use myself: what if twitter removed the follower count from user profiles? But I differ with Josh’s reasoning that some social behavior is hardwired. … »

Ever caught yourself watching the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica shouting “What the frak?!”. What about the shock when the two characters flirting all season finally get together in Grey’s? Now there’s a to share these emotions with your social network instead of just your television. And it uses Twitter. … »