I began reading the current assignment and thought to myself, I have a yahoo messenger account but I'm not sure if I have an avatar or really what an avatar is, because I rarely use the account. So I began a yahoo search to come across these avatars where the sky is the limit. You begin with hair and eye color, then proceed to pick an outfit, then choose a background...and the possibilities become endless, or so I tought spending over an hour messing around with all the different looks.It is very hard for me to say things that I believe they could change to get more college students involved in using avatars, I would suggest to add more variety. However I will say that I think the fact that yahoo incorporates branding and causes into the t-shirts and backgrounds you can choose from is brilliant. Many college students now are becoming more aware and involved in things like breast cancer and aids awareness and things like one.org to fight the problems going on in the world today. I believe that it would be beneficial to add more printed t-shirts to the avatar choices. They also have a lot of backgrounds in certain locations on campuses, building off that, they could start having backgrounds with college sports teams or pro sports teams to get more people using yahoo avatars. I believe they could also create a make up application, more creative hair colors and just a few more choices and styles to attract a younger audience to yahoo avatar.
2 comments:
great suggestions!
With the improvements you suggested do you think, if they were allowed, this would be a successful addition to Myspace/Facebook applications? Do you think members would use it and/or enjoy it?
I definitly think this would be a great addition to myspace, maybe not facebook. In my opionion in terms of creativity, people seem to be a bit more daring and bold on myspace versus facebook. Regardless I think it would be a great addition to either, you never know until you try!
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