Questions for Requirement Elicitation

Account

• Can users authenticate using another source like a Google account etc?

• Can users have a hidden account (followers only)?

  • No, it violates the motivation behind the information browser system.

• Can users change their privacy settings? Can they change the visibility of their information or posts?

  • Some personal information can be inherently hidden but posts should be visible to all users.

• Can users block or mute another user?

  • Yes, they can.

• Can users message each other directly?

  • No, it is not necessary to implement this kind of feature.

• Can users change their passwords?

  • Yes, they can.

• Will users have a forgot password option in case?

  • Yes, they will.

• Can users delete their accounts? What will happen to their posts if the account is deleted?

  • Yes, they can. The content of the post should be visible but it can be disassociated with the author.

• Can users report another user or their posts?

Posts

• What are the users going to share in posts?

  • They can post any content in a particular domain.

• Can users share posts with pictures or videos?

  • Yes, they can but do not have to. The video feature could be hard to implement so it can be removed.

• Can users comment on the posts?

  • Yes, they can.

• Can users see trending posts?

  • Yes, they can but the algorithm behind it does not have to be complicated.

• Can users use hashtags for indexing their posts in order to contribute to semantic searching?

  • Yes they can.

• Can users delete or disassociate from their posts?

  • Yes, they can.

Searching

• What is the logic of the search? Can users search in the posts or the searching will return browsing results?

• Can users search for other profiles?

• What is the purpose of the semantic browsing? Should it be searching for the posts posted before or is semantic browsing only related to the WikiData API?

• Where will the WikiData API be used?

• Will the search only be semantic? Can it be a basic text search?

Miscellaneous

• What type of personal information do we need to store?

• Do we need to delete all the data if the users delete their accounts?

• What posts does the feed page show? For registered users can it be the posts only the users' followings?