Social Software Week 1
January 27, 2008
Short Description: To add a gaming page to RapHappy.com, using the social aspects of the site to enhance the gaming experience.
1. Three Sites or services that have something in common with RapHappy:
Dopetracks.com – Another social networking site which allows users to record audio from their computers over music.
kSolo.com – A karaoke site which encourages social interaction by voting/rating, duets, and inviting friends.
myspace music – Allows users to host a profile and put original songs up for others to listen and respond to.
2. Three things that I hope users do with my project:
Use it. If no one uses it, does it really exist?
Have fun – RapHappy is irreverant and funny, (at least it’s supposed to be) and games are supposed to be fun, so if users do not have fun with the games, they are most likely a failure.
Be creative – One of the wonderful things about social games is that people may use them in unexpected ways. I hope to see some ingenuity from the community in their usage of the games.
3. Three things that could go wrong:
The interaction is unappealing, boring, repetitive, etc.
The concept itself of having games on a sites such as RapHappy is misguided and is not something that users will respond to.
The games page does not make good usage of the social aspects of the site, or of the information we have about the user.
