ROLE : UX Design

Summary:

xPLR; makes DAO much easier to use for Newbie and web3 enthusiast by making it more educative and user centred.

🎦 Setting the stage

Let us imagine a new web3 enthusiast who is really interested in the web3 space and this newbie heard about the term DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation). It sounds really cool yes, but what is it to this newbie and how do they get into a DAO, or rather what DAO do they want to get to because it’s still so new and they need some “hand holding” unlike the elders(those who are well knowledgable) in the field.

According to Ethereum.org , DAOs are an effective and safe way to work with like-minded folks around the globe.Think of them like an internet-native business that's collectively owned and managed by its members. They have built-in treasuries that no one has the authority to access without the approval of the group. Decisions are governed by proposals and voting to ensure everyone in the organisation has a voice.

There's no CEO who can authorise spending based on their own whims and no chance of a dodgy CFO manipulating the books. Everything is out in the open and the rules around spending are baked into the DAO via its code.

🙋🏽‍♂️Let’s paint a picture for Jake… ?

💭 Challenge and problem overview

<aside> 💡 Challenge: Newbies face difficulties before accomplishing their first meaningful contribution to a DAO: Finding DAOs to join, Understanding what they represent, and how to make their first meaningful contribution.

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Web3 space is becoming even popular and the DAO is one of the popular system to interact with to participate and contribute in a web3 environment. Though lots of new people want to participate in the web3 industry, they often find it difficult to navigate properly and this is also the case when trying to use a DAO. The design task here aims to solve this problem which is to help newbies navigate properly from deciding which DAO to join and up to making meaningful contribution in a DAO.

🎯What do we want to achieve?

For a person like Jake with his frustrations and needs, the major goals to achieve in this project are to;

• Make it easy for newbies to decide which DAO they are interested in joining
• Clearly describe what a DAO represents
• Create a simpler way for newbies to understand how to contribute to a DAO

💡How to achieve this... Research time.

The plan was to find a newbie like Jake who was a complete beginner but enthusiastic about web3 and DAOs to try out two DAO Explorer and try to complete some certain task and take note of the problems with using them.