Initial Failed Concept and Design

Initial Ideas Not Carried Forward:

1. The initial designs for the app were made so people had a username 'Haz_' and a concealed profile which they had to set upon opening. This was designed in order to allow the moderators to find out who is submitting questions/answers if they need to. For example if the user displayed content that suggested they might hurt themselves or is particular harmful to others, then the moderator would then be able to find the user's identity. However, this was eventually disregarded as an idea because it may discourage people from using the app. By being completely anonymous it may encourage honesty greatly, anonymity is the entire purpose of the app. Of course this would mean there needs to be other settings in place to make sure the users displaying 'worrying content' can seek help.
2. Having 'one question' per day. This was going to be so that individuals could submit potential questions all day and only one would be picked for the rest of the school to reply to the next day. This question was going to be beamed onto a projection and so were the answers. The problem with this is that many many students would not have their questions unanswered, and the question that was picked might generate lots of similar advice. It might even embarrass the author to have so much attention on them for it, even though they are anonymous (potential gossip, making the situation worse for them). This would also cause issues for the algorithm, as a notice board full of replies for one question could get messy and disordered.
3. Part of the idea was to have a section of the app that included past questions and past answers, including star ratings of these answers. Although this would be an interesting feature, in a crit it was suggested that this over-complicated the app, making the interface cluttered.