The goal of this project is to design a solution that will help individuals with social anxiety step out of their comfort zones and make new friends. The solution will provide an interactive and non-threatening platform for individuals to connect with others, build relationships and form new friendships.
There is a large difference between people who make friends online and those who first meet friends online. Research suggests that while it’s easy to make friends online through places such as Discord, it’s harder to make friends with whom you will later meet in person. There aren’t that many spaces with the purpose of matching someone online to then meet in person.
A study concluded the factors that creates a friendship bond:
I did a competitive analysis on different relationship making apps that are best in the market. I compared all the strengths andweaknesses and best features available on the market.
I conducted a user interview with 4 users which helped me gain the pain points and frustrations of the user. Here are the questions that I asked the users.
“I find it difficult to find like-minded individuals to connect with in a new city. This can be a source of stress and anxiety to me.”
To empathize with the users and better understand the why for the application I made a user persona.
Based on the problems and pain points I found during the research I created the IA containing all kinds of solutions. There is a connect feature which enables user to better understand the person, along with event page to plan meeting in person as per the mutual interest.
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