Guff Circle

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

Spring 5-1-2025

Abstract

Social media has transformed from a tool to keep up with friends and family to using it as news outlets, online advertising, content creation, and so much more. The fundamental essence of “keeping up” has been diluted by utilizing social media for various purposes, and social media users now have to install multiple social media applications to complete this task. For example, a person who downloaded Facebook in the 2000’s to keep up with their social circle would likely still use Facebook for certain updates, but also use Twitter to post updates to a slightly different audience, along with Messenger to communicate, and Instagram to show their day-to-day life. Even while having so many options for social media, people in numerous social circles would still have difficulty keeping up with all of their social dynamics and different groups. Guff Circle, a web-based application, gives people a different avenue to keep up with their numerous social circles and cliques. Users will be able to use a single platform where they do not need to follow their peers across different social media and profiles. Instead, they can create their own circles with select users and create posts for their eyes only. Guff Circle, using Vue.js and Firebase, allows users to create and name their own social circles to update their friends and families, and communicate with them as well. Users can chat with their friends or make social circles similar to group chats from Messenger, and also create updates about their lives as they would using Facebook, while having the ability to upload media as well, just like Twitter or Instagram. Users can also switch between social circles to allow them to maintain the context in a social dynamic, or also make public posts that anyone can see.

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Completed as part of the Computer Science Senior Capstone Project.

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