Buddy System

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About

Current social media platforms are designed to boost engagement and gather user data as a central part of their business model. Even a well-meaning company can be led down the wrong path and hurt its own users with such an unsustainable model. Surely there are better ways to design a social platform that has the wellbeing of its users as a central pillar of its business.

For this project, students will research the current landscape of social media, ranging from massive giants to niche startups. Students will then design a proof of concept demo to try to develop solutions for the current world of social media, either aiming to create solutions that work with existing platforms or developing a platform of their own.