Finding a Way Through the Social Media Labyrinth: Guiding Design Through User Expectations
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| author | Mildner, Thomas Savino, Gian-Luca Putze, Susanne Malaka, Rainer |
| author_facet | Mildner, Thomas Savino, Gian-Luca Putze, Susanne Malaka, Rainer |
| contents | Social networking services (SNS) have become integral to modern life to create and maintain meaningful relationships. Nevertheless, their historic growth of features has led to labyrinthine user interfaces (UIs) that often result in frustration among users - for instance, when trying to control privacy-related settings. This paper aims to mitigate labyrinthine UIs by studying users' expectations (N=21) through an online card sorting exercise based on 58 common SNS UI features, teaching us about their expectations regarding the importance of specific UI features and the frequency with which they use them. Our findings offer a valuable understanding of the relationship between the importance and frequency of UI features and provide design considerations for six identified UI feature groups. Through these findings, we inform the design and development of user-centred alternatives to current SNS interfaces that enable users to successfully navigate SNS and feel in control over their data by meeting their expectations. |
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| spellingShingle | Finding a Way Through the Social Media Labyrinth: Guiding Design Through User Expectations Mildner, Thomas Savino, Gian-Luca Putze, Susanne Malaka, Rainer Human-Computer Interaction H.1.2; K.4.1 Social networking services (SNS) have become integral to modern life to create and maintain meaningful relationships. Nevertheless, their historic growth of features has led to labyrinthine user interfaces (UIs) that often result in frustration among users - for instance, when trying to control privacy-related settings. This paper aims to mitigate labyrinthine UIs by studying users' expectations (N=21) through an online card sorting exercise based on 58 common SNS UI features, teaching us about their expectations regarding the importance of specific UI features and the frequency with which they use them. Our findings offer a valuable understanding of the relationship between the importance and frequency of UI features and provide design considerations for six identified UI feature groups. Through these findings, we inform the design and development of user-centred alternatives to current SNS interfaces that enable users to successfully navigate SNS and feel in control over their data by meeting their expectations. |
| title | Finding a Way Through the Social Media Labyrinth: Guiding Design Through User Expectations |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction H.1.2; K.4.1 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07305 |