Friction is an experimental web-based publishing system that imagines both automated and human peer review of our social media channels. It is an attempt not only to get us to slow down and think before we speak (and publish) but to re-introduce value to and meaning in our online exchanges.
Visual Documentation
This is the homepage for the interface. It is incidentally an aggregator of social media. Each row represents a day, and each dot represents a post.
Here we are adding a new post. When attempting to post new content, the system will analyze the language of written text and attempt to identify problematic words or phrases, and propose safer replacements if needed.
The system also provides a mechanism to request a peer to review and provide feedback on a potential post prior to its publication.
Invite, import, or remove potential reviewers.
An alternate view of the homepage with expanded and collapsed days. Hovering over a dot provides a preview of the content at that time. While not shown, content can also be also be sorted according to various criteria, such as the author, social media service, etc.
Some Other Recent Works
