MyTri: encouraging participation in a project-based social network

Creating full websites to share projects can be difficult and time consuming. Finding members to work on said projects can be equally demanding. MyTri is a project-based social network that allows users to quickly share projects and find collaborators. Preliminary testing has shown MyTri's project pages to be a viable option for sharing project information. This thesis will go over the development and design processes of building such a social networking website and provide suggestions for future work. More specifically, this document will provide examples that utilize visualizations and game-like features within a working social networking website. While these examples are useful, they are here to be used as stepping stones for future development of social networking websites (particularly when concerned with encouraging participation within these sites) rather than as a definitive guide.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical & Computer Engr

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Shah, Vinit

Contributors dc:contributor

• Vasudevan, Shobha

• mytri
• social space
• social network
• web development

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2014 Vinit Shah

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/72759

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72759