8A – Solving The Problem

This will be a follow to the opportunity explored in my last blog post but essentially I will be creating a platform that will use to discuss/learn/purchase various things technology. The idea will be a combination of reddit/amazon/news outlet. The design is going to very unique in the sense that the home page will series links to trusted articles very similar to the site hacker news( https://news.ycombinator.com/) At the top having various categories of technology which will lead to the forum on that specific topic. Each topic page will be split into two sides with the first having a list of the current topics while the other side having current tech or advancements. The idea of the thread system is that they temportay as each topic will last only 24 hours (the time limit can be extended if it becomes very popular) the idea is that people won't be talking about the same thing over and over again. If the thread remains on topic then the thread will be achieved but if it its off topic or an advertisement it will be pruned. This will keep the site clean from non topic subjects. And if there is a term that the user doesn’t know or recognize they can search it up in the address bar at the top of the thread and the user will be taken to a user created wiki on the term. The idea is that the the page will be a wiki can constantly update the product page with also a section to leave reviews as well as similar topics on the same thread. The wiki page will also serve as a mini-forum as users can post frequently asked questions and expect replies as well as post fixes to common problems or open source community projects that fix problems not addressed by the developers ( or modding).. The second side to every topic page will be an advancement section where all the latest news about a certain topic will be posted( if it's programming it will contain advancements in various open source projects). This advancement page will also include paid reviews and news articles discussing the advances in the field so for a section such as headphones/phones there have threads on the latest phones as well being able to have insight on what the media has to say on the topic. This allow users to fact check what they view in the threads as well as comapre what main paid reviews think compared to what the average customer feels about the product. The site will be maintained by ads and donations as well as hopeful some outlets to whom wish to promote their product on the site. The site will have both paid and volunteer moderators as the paid ones are mainly there for maintenance while the volunteer is run by the community meaning that the paid ones are there t make sure there is no one breaking the rules and make sure the site is running efficiently while the volunteers will people of the community who can spot spammer or those notorious for causing a ruckus in threads and determining whether or not a thread needs to be achieved or not.