P5 - A, B, C, D, E , M2, D1

P5 – A - Purpose

The overall purpose to my social media website will be for user interaction and humour. The website Is based around making and rating peoples submitted jokes. It is effectively a website where users can talk to each other as well as submit jokes and rate them. The website will allow people to submit certain jokes to a wide variety of forums which feature types of jokes. Users profiles will also feature their unique profile picture as well as any information about themselves if they wish to post it. Users have a friend list, following list and a followers list. They add friends of people they know or personally want to interact with regularly whereas the followers will be people who want to either comment on their jokes or rate them out of 5*. The overall mission for the website is to connect people together out of their sense of humours and interact with likeminded people who have the same interests.

Some jokes will be ones what are already known but then others will be user created content which adds originality to the website. Users can also upload “memes” which are funny internet captions followed by a photo and they can also upload funny videos if it is their own created content. There will be some content which will have age restrictions depending on how offensive or sensitive the joke so that younger audience members can be shielded away from some content. Users can also post about of topic things in certain sections or on their own page for other people to see also whether it be an annoyance about a certain joke or just something funny in their day.

I decided to create this type of website due to their only being one other significant joke website on the internet but the only problem with that website is it is mainly offensive jokes whereas this website will have categories and sub calories so that users can easily find a type of joke they’re looking for. The top rated jokes of the day/week/month/year/all time will be displayed on the home page and will have been rated by the community. Also users are able to negatively rate jokes listing them as either not funny, too offensive or not making sense.

It’s purely an entertainment website and is generally all relating to satire and humour and intends to pose no seriousness to its content. It will mainly be used to kill time and post humorous content.

P5 – B – Content M2

The website will provide facilities for users to: upload their own content whether it be a photo, text or a video(including links). The content what is uploaded will be posted to a certain category e.g. a joke about the US presidency falling into the US politics category and a random unrelated meme to any topic being placed in the “random humour” section. Users are able to submit their own content for everybody else to see due to the best and worst content being posted to the main homepage for people to rate and comment on. Users are able to view all jokes which are featured in categories A-Z and then look at people’s profiles where their own jokes and content is posted.

People are able to make their own personal accounts to submit and rate content while interacting with users via comment sections and personal messaging. On these personal profiles they can write a short bio and have a display picture. Their content is also rated out 5* underneath their picture so that when they post a comment or some content users can already distinguish if their content is good by looking at their rating which is decided by averaging what other people have rated them. The most popular users including admins and moderators will be display on the homepage as top users.

Users have the ability to message each other and rate people’s jokes which allows them to comment also. An ethical issue would be cyberbullying or online harassment. To prevent this users can block a user from viewing their profile or contacting them at all which will protect themselves.

Another ethical issue is people being offended by certain content posted by other users. Users can do what they first did and block the user or they can do another two things. They can report the post for being offensive but due to the nature of the site it would only be reported and taken down if it was illegal or particularly offensive. Another way users cannot see certain things they find offensive is by filtering. They can filter types of jokes and categories of jokes so that they see the ones they want to see and not the ones they would be offended by.

Security is also a big issue in apps and it is the developers job to keep users data safe from hacking. Users need to create a username and password to rate comment and create content. This provides the user with the ability to keep their posts and content safe. After 5 attempts of an incorrect password the user will be emailed to be informed that somebody has tried to access their account and suggests a password reset. This will prevent legal issues such as hacking and will also allow the company to keep data in a secure server room which complies with the data protection act 1998.

Another way to tackle the legal issue of phishing is by having The applications source code and designs carried out internally and create from scratch and will not be suing open source software or coding to be created as there are coding experts who know ins and outs of certain open source software and would be able to replicate the exact design of the website and use this to their advantage by tricking users into thinking they were on the official site and could result in them phishing for personal details such as bank details or their actual user name and password. If a mass of users came into trouble it would be the company who take the blame by cutting corners to create the app using third party sources rather than doing it themselves so it is better to spend a bit more money to create it all by the developers themselves rather than outsourcing to another company.

P5 – C – Target User/ Membership M2

The target audience to my website is quite broad. It is aimed at anybody who enjoys their humour as liking jokes is not specific to age. Some jokes and topic of jokes may appeal to others but the entirety of the website is aimed towards both genders and all ages. Some jokes will be offensive so people under the age of 16 will be able to access these jokes and can only be accessed using an 18year old+ account.

It may be aimed at all ages but not everybody has the time to view the app so it will be aimed at people who have spare time to casually browse the website rather than having to be on it every single day. Also its aimed at both genders but to my own knowledge from other joke websites many of the members are males rather than females which may sway some jokes appealing to males more. The websites design will not be complex and will rather be simple so that everybody is able to navigate through it no matter how good their skills are with the internet.

Facebook is number one leading social network with the most members and that focuses mainly on posting statuses and photos which is similar to my website which potentially means it could gather quite an audience due to it having similar features to the biggest social networking website.

The bulk of the audience will be casual users who will regularly scroll down the home feed a few times a day while they’re bored or waiting or even just to pass the time. A casual audience relating to all ages will easily be related to the purpose of the website as people who are just scrolling through the page leisurely will find the content appealing as there will be no thought or long paragraphs or any real thought needed for the content it will just be humorous content which is easily skimmed through which allows the audience to feel connected to the site as it is designed for them and their needs. It will allow this large but niche audience to connect with each other via humour and their mutual interests of being casual when it comes to social networking.

P5 – D – Production - M2

BUDGET TIMESCALES

On the internet i found a website which allowed you to enter all the components anf fe3ature etc of the app and then produce the overall cost. with the app  budgeting website it estimated that my app budget would be $62,400 to create. However due to post creation more money would be needed to market it etc so realistically would be $70,000 to create and market. Publishing the app would be a different budget all together as what is in each app depends on how much google and apple would charge. It is unknown how much the app would cost due to it being different for each app but it would be no more than another $30,000

Launch date

The launch date for my app would be at the start of autumn around September 1st-2nd. I thought it would be a bad idea to launch in summer as many people will be busy in their summer being out or on holiday rather than sitting at home looking at an app so it would result in slow traffic to start off with. I have chose to launch in autumn so that people can start to look at it once everybody stops going out for summer. It is also close to winter also so many people would be upgrading or getting new devices for Christmas or birthdays which would further increase traffic

Site Plan P5 - D from myles harrison

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P5 – E – Possible Revenue Streams - D1

The possible revenue streams I can use for my website would be paid advertising and users paying for premium features. Ads would feature at the top side and bottom of website so that users can still have a smooth experience without having to close pop up ads all of the time. Users can use paid services which feature their profiles on the homepage so that other members can click on their profile and view their content. The fee won’t be too expensive so it will be affordable to most users. Users can also link their own websites also for another fee. The fee will be instalments rather than a one-time payment. Companies can also feature their external pages on the website such as linking articles videos etc to their website which will generate income. This could also potentially create a partnership such as using another websites video hosting servicing to prevent this website having to create their own they can instead outsource to this website and it will benefit both companies. This revenue will allow the app to release updates and feature more content etc.

The data entered by users to create their accounts will have to be kept safe. To do this various firewalls and hacking protection servers will be in place to prevent any personal data being stolen to be used for illegal use such as identity theft or wiping peoples credit cards. So this is protected users have a unique user and password so that people are not able to get into their accounts. A physical server will also have to be protected as that contains all the data on.
Legal and Ethical Issues:

Firstly an ethical issue could be content submitted by users which may be found to be highly offensive or profound to certain people and audiences. Due to freedom of speech the hate cannot be acted upon unless directly being threatening so there will be blocks in place tell users that they may find the content sensitive.

A legal issue could be relating to the content posted such as a confidential video or revealing someones details etc which would not comply with the data protection act or computer misuse act.

another ethical issue could be users arguing and posting negative comments on each others profiles which could result in the community abusing the comment system. This is ultimately cyber-bullying and could lead to more serious circumstances.

Some videos which are stolen or copyrighted and not uploaded by the rightful owner will be removed to comply with copyright laws.