Overview
Social media apps have been proven to have negative impacts for users: addictive, harmful to mental health, false sense of self-worth, etc.). I wanted to design an app that does the opposite.
Quota is a minimal functioning app that has a core purpose of sharing inspiring, artistic photos while limiting user time spent on the app, without any of the potentially harmful features that social media apps tend to thrive on.
Why Quota?
User Control
User controls what content is shown on feed by choosing content they are interested in via categories (Design, Art, Nature, etc.).
Allows user to engage with content on their own terms, rather than having an array of random content on their feed that user may not take interest in.
Daily Quota + Mindfulness
User chooses how long they will be on app per day (upon onboarding).
Once time is up, user is notified and is prompted to take a moment of mindfulness/a few breathes before exiting app.
Rewards System
The the daily quota, the more points rewarded.
Once user acquires enough points, they are able to spend them on doing a small humanitarian act (plant a tree; eyewear donation; clean water) via a number of reputable organizations partnered with app: (https://onetreeplanted.org/; https://www.clearly.ca/eyewear/our-mission, https://water.org/about-us/.
