This probe offers participants a speculative opportunity to imagine their ideal social platform. While our study focused on participants' current experiences, this probe served as another way to uncover their perceptions of the social platforms they use. The idea was that by describing what an ideal social platform looks like to them, the positives and negatives they see with existing platforms are implicitly surfaced and can be discussed.
Probe design
The probe cards are A4 sheets and offer a number of prompts about the platforms participants envision as a way to provide structure. Like the other probes, participants are given the option to draw their responses by sketching out what the platform looks like.
Packaging and instructions
The probes cards came with an A5 instruction sheet held to them with a paper clip. Similar to the other probes, the instruction sheet introduces the probe, provides instructions on how to complete it and offers probes for things to include when completing it.
Downloads
- Card template [PDF] [InDesign]
- Instructions [PDF] [InDesign]