ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN DESIGN RESEARCH USING VARIOUS ONLINE PLATFORMS PLATFORM FACEBOOK TUMBLR
# OF USERS/FOLLOWERS ~18,000 (MULTIPLE GROUPS) ~35,000 FOLLOWERS
BEST TO USE FOR ACCESSIBLE RESEARCH, DISSECTING EXAMPLES, GROUP DISCUSSION HEAVILY-CURATED, FRONT FACING FEED OF RESULTS FROM RESEARCH, MUSEUM-LIKE
DISCORD
300 USERS
FREE DISCUSSION AND SHARING OF EXAMPLES, SMALL COMMUNITY
ARE.NA
75 USERS
BLOCK-BASED, INTENSIVE RESEARCH WITHIN A SMALL COMMUNITY
1000 FOLLOWERS
HEAVILY-CURATED, FRONT FACING FEED, BUT ALMOST PURELY VISUAL, LITTLE DISCUSSION