MVP List

Facebook MVP List

Thotspot, heavily inspired by the popular website, facebook, is a social media application that allows users to build a network, share posts, maintain personal profiles, and view and comment on each others' posts and profiles. It also supports live chat between users.

1. Profiles (2 days)

• Users can sign up, log in, or log out
• The app has a demo login button so prospective users can tour the site
• Users must be logged in to make any changes to the site (such as posting or commenting)
• Users can view a chronologically-ordered list of posts on their profile and also their friends' profiles

2. Friending (0.5 day)

• Users can request a friendship with another user. Upon approval by the requested user, the two are connected as friends.
• Activities such as wall-posting, and optionally, messaging, are restricted to friends-only.

3. Comments/posting on each others’ walls (2.5 days)

• Users can post on their own wall.
• Users can post on the walls of their friends.
• Users can comment on their posts or their friends' posts
• Users can delete their own posts and comments
• Users can edit their own posts and comments
• Users can delete their friends' comments on their posts

4. News Feed (1 day)

• When logged in, users see a home page populated by a chronologically ordered list of posts by all people in their network (including themselves).
• When on the homepage and logged in, the newsfeed is live-updated to reflect changes

5. Messaging (2.5 days)

• Users can send messages to other users
• Users can add multiple users to a message
• Users can see new messages live (without reloading their page)

6. Likes (0.5 day)

• Users can like posts or comments
• Posts and comments display their number of likes, as well as limited information about which users liked them

Future Features

• Notifications
• Comments on a comment
• Search
• Pictures/albums
• Flagrant violations of personal privacy