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Amy would like to make an event for her upcoming 21st birthday bash. She has rented out the VIP lounge at Estate and would like it to be the best birthday ever. As such, she needs many cool MIT students to come, and so she would like to publicize the event as much as possible. Since everyone at MIT has a Beaver Buzz account, she decided that she’d post an event.

She Since Amy did not have an account, she first had to create one. When she visited the "join" page, the service checked her MIT certificate (to make sure she is a student) and then asked her to input a user name and a password. Once the sign in process was completed, Amy logged into her account, which she has made previously. She then selects to create a new event. She is prompted for a time and a date for the event. She enters that it will begin at 10:00 PM, and that it will take place 6/12/2011. In addition, she fills out an optional event textbox describing her event as the “Event of the millennium!!! Don't wanna miss out!!! PS Bring presents.” After posting, she checks the "Party" topic and sees that her event has been posted. She also checks the event schedule and verifies that the date and time have been entered correctly. She unfortunately notices that Beta Beta Beta is having a party that day. Scared that her birthday bash will be ruined by a dumb frat party, she clicks on the event to view how popular it is. Thankfully, it only got three likes, and only two people have left comments. Since the event had been made several days ago, she guesses that it won't be anything huge. She post a nasty comment of the likes of "Come to Amy's b-day instead!" , but after a few seconds she realizes it was rude and deletes it. She checks her page again, and already sees 25 likes and 7 comments. After reading the comments, where everyone expressed their interest in attending her party, Amy is satisfied and logs off.

Designs:

Design #1:

This design shows as many article info (author, title, date added, etc) as possible at the cost of not allowing users to preview the articles before having to access their page. The suggested interface shows the most commented events and discussions on the home page. It also allows users to search for events, authors, tags, etc from the "search" bar. Events and Posts can be sorted using a simple drop-down menu. This design focuses on simplicity.

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