1.1.1 Account Features

• 1.1.1.1 Registration

  • 1.1.1.1.1 A user shall be able to register by providing a valid e-mail address, a username, and a strong password.
  • 1.1.1.1.2 Users enter their password 2 times to prevent typos.
  • 1.1.1.1.3 E-mail addresses of users must be unique.
  • 1.1.1.1.4 Users shall determine a unique username.
  • 1.1.1.1.5 Users must confirm their e-mail adresses.
  • 1.1.1.1.6 Users shall be able to register by providing their twitter or facebook social media accounts.

• 1.1.1.2 Log in

  • 1.1.1.2.1 Users shall be able to log in to their account with their email/username and password.
  • 1.1.1.2.2 If a user logged in to their account with their phone, then the next time they open the app they will be logged in automatically.
  • 1.1.1.2.3 Users shall be able to login by providing their social media account which they used during registration.
  • 1.1.1.2.4 When a user log in, they will directed to their homepage.

• 1.1.1.3 Changing password/username

  • 1.1.1.3.1 Users shall be able to change their username if the username they wish to use is available.
  • 1.1.1.3.2 Users shall be able to change their password with e-mail confirmation.

• 1.1.1.4 Account Privacy

  • 1.1.1.4.1 Users shall be able to make their profile public or private.
  • 1.1.1.4.2 Users shall be able to accept follow requests by permission or immediately.
  • 1.1.1.4.3 Users shall be able to block other users so those users can not see their profile/posts.

• 1.1.1.5 User Privacy

  • 1.1.1.5.1 Users can choose whether their activities are public, private or followers only. (their likes/dislikes,posts, comments, the events they attended, etc.).
  • 1.1.1.5.2 Users can choose whether the list of groups they are a member of is public, private or followers only.
  • 1.1.1.5.3 The username and profile picture of a user are both public.
  • 1.1.1.5.4 Users need to accept the privacy policy before registration.
  • 1.1.1.5.5 A user can block other users. Blocked users can't see the activities of that user and also can't message them.

1.1.2 Community Features

• 1.1.2.1 A user shall be able to create a community by specifying a unique name and a description.
• 1.1.2.2 In communities, users shall be able to share posts related to that community.
• 1.1.2.3 In communities, users shall be able to comment and react(like) on other users posts.
• 1.1.2.4 In communities, users shall be able to arrange events with details
• 1.1.2.5 Communities can be public or private.

1.1.3 Moderating Features

• 1.1.3.1 Communities needs moderators for group chats to prevent ill behaviour(racism, harassing, trolling etc.)
• 1.1.3.2 Communities can change moderators by using poll when necessary.
• 1.1.3.3 Moderators can ban users if the users engage in an ill behaviour.
• 1.1.3.4 Moderators and community creator should put up some rules for newcomers to behave.

1.1.4 Community Privacy

• 1.1.4.1 The communities can be public or private (members only).
• 1.1.4.2 The join requests of users to private communities must be approved by a community moderator.
• 1.1.4.3 Users can join public communities freely.
• 1.1.4.4 Only community members can share posts in a community.
• 1.1.4.5 Moderators can kick/ban members who engage in an ill behaviour (racism, harassing, trolling, etc.).

1.1.5 Event Privacy

• 1.1.5.1 The events of a community can be public or private.
• 1.1.5.2 The event organisations in a community must be approved by a community moderator.
• 1.1.5.3 The users who will attend an event will be updated if there are any changes in the plan of that event.
• 1.1.5.4 The private informations of an event (meeting time, exact location, etc.) will only be shared with the attending users.
• 1.1.5.5 The event organisers are allowed to choose which members will attend their event.

1.2.1 Notification

• 1.2.1.1 System notifies users when they get direct messages.
• 1.2.1.2 System notifies users when there is a new post in their communities.
• 1.2.1.3 System notifies users when people like their posts.
• 1.2.1.4 System notifies users when people comment their posts.
• 1.2.1.5 System notifies users when people like comments.
• 1.2.1.6 System notifies users when people comment comments.
• 1.2.1.7 System gives an option to users disallow notifications that come from
  • 1.2.1.7.1 direct messages
  • 1.2.1.7.2 posts
  • 1.2.1.7.3 comments
  • 1.2.1.7.4 likes

1.2.2 Recommendation

• 1.2.2.1 System recommends communities to the users according to their communities.
• 1.2.2.2 System recommends the most followed communities to the users.
• 1.2.2.3 System recommends posts to the users according to their likes or comments.
• 1.2.2.4 System recommends the most followed posts to the users.
• 1.2.2.5 System recommends users according to the users it follows.
• 1.2.2.6 System recommends users when people comment their posts.

1.2.3 Searching

• 1.2.3.1 Users can search other user accounts.
• 1.2.3.2 Users can search for communities.
• 1.2.3.3 Users can search for posts in a community.
• 1.2.3.4 Users can search for location.

1.2.4 Filtering

• 1.2.4.1 System allows users to filter communities by
  • 1.2.4.1.1 Name
  • 1.2.4.1.2 Link
  • 1.2.4.1.3 Number of likes
  • 1.2.4.1.4 Number of comments
  • 1.2.4.1.5 Number of members
  • 1.2.4.1.6 Tags
  • 1.2.4.1.7 Location

1.2.5 Home Page

• 1.2.5.1 Users should be able to see posts from their communities in their home page.
• 1.2.5.2 Users should be able to search for posts/users/communities from home pages search bar.
• 1.2.5.3 Users should be able to like or comment to posts on their home page.
• 1.2.5.4 Users should be able to filter posts by keyword or tags.

1.2.6 Users Subscribed Communities Page

• 1.2.6.1 Users should be able to see communities they subscribed.
• 1.2.6.2 Users should be able to search for communities.
• 1.2.6.3 Users should be able to see their role in that community (moderator or normal user)
• 1.2.6.4 Users should be able to sort their communities by various criteria (latest activity/most popular/moderated communities first etc.)
• 1.2.6.5 Users should be able to see how many post shared on that community after their last visit.

1.2.7 Community Page

• 1.2.7.1 Users should be able to see posts from that community in that communities page.
• 1.2.7.2 Users should be able to like or comment posts from that community.
• 1.2.7.3 Users should be able to report posts from that community for ill behaving.
• 1.2.7.4 Users should be able to create a new post.
• 1.2.7.5 Users should be able to sort post by various criteria.
• 1.2.7.6 Users should be able to search for posts with keywords from search bar.
• 1.2.7.7 Moderator users should be able to see join requests for that community.
• 1.2.7.8 Moderator users should be able to remove posts or ban users from that community.
• 1.2.7.9 Posts must support multiple data field types including text, image, location.
• 1.2.7.10 Users must use a pre-defined datatype template for posting.
• 1.2.7.11 Users should be able to add existing tags to their posts.

1.2.8 Settings Page

• 1.2.8.1 Users should be ablo to change their accounts privacy options.
• 1.2.8.2 Users should be able to change mode of the app (light and dark mode).
• 1.2.8.3 Users should be able to disable notifications for direct messages/new posts/pending requests etc.
• 1.2.8.4 Users should be able to log out from the app.
• 1.2.8.5 Users should be able to change their username if that name is availabble.
• 1.2.8.6 Users should be able to add profile pictures from settings menu.

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