The Project
The following prototype explores what it would look like if Nextdoor incorporated timebanking into their app. How would they introduce the concept to their users? How would it work within the Nextdoor ecosystem?
Why Timebanking?
Timebanking is essentially a gamification of community-building. Pro-social activities such as mentoring children, caring for the elderly, beautifying the neighborhood etc. are terrible at turning a profit and therefore artificially devalued by market systems. Timebanking is a way of highlighting the value of these activities by offering incentives and rewards.
These types of incentives and rewards are perfect for social media companies like Nextdoor whose primary goal is to engage users. The goal of this project is to visualize what that might look like.
Important Note: I did not create the UI elements in this prototype from scratch. Full credit goes to the designers at Nextdoor. I did have a terrific time playing with their design language though.