User stories for a redesign of the Selfish mobile app (now Storia) for social media. Made in June of 2014.

1. Redesign

2. Story 1 Story 2 Story 3
Lucy goes to a party
with friends and
captures a moment.
She wants to add
this moment to a
story about the night
out.
Joe goes hiking
every weekend and
he wants to make a
hiking story and
have his friends add
their hiking moments
as well so he can be
inspired by places to
go.
Andy is going to a
concert for the first
time and wants to
see stories being
written about the
concert he is at.
Adding to a friend’s story Making a story with friends
Finding stories at an event
and adding to them

3. Meet Lucy, your
average socialite
Lucy goes to a party!
with some friends
She adds it to a story her
friends are already
posting to!
Lucy gets out her smart
phone, opens up the
Selfish app, takes a
picture, and writes a
funny caption
In the morning, she opens
up the app and views the
entire story from the night
before!
She sees some fun things
she wants to capture!
Story 1: Adding to a friend’s story

4. Upon opening the
app, she is prompted
to make a moment,
and she chooses to
take a picture

5. She can easily toggle
between camera and
video modes
She can choose a
picture or video from
the camera roll

6. She has already taken
a picture using her
phone, and decides to
select it here.

7. She can switch
layouts (templates) by
swiping left and right.

8. If the text is selected, it
is highlighted, and can
be typed in

9. If she wants to edit the
text or background
color, she can tap on
the pencil icon
(previous slide) and
edit here

10. If the image is
selected, a filter menu
pops up. Also, you
can drag the picture
within the square to
center the image on a
desired object.

11. Once she is done
designing the moment,
she clicks on post
Alternatively, she can
add some more
moments to this post

12. She can select
between her own
stories, friends stories,
and ones made locally
(by geolocation tags)

13. Once added, the story
updates in her feed.
She can enter the story
by clicking on her
moment

14. In story view, she will
automatically be
pointed to the moment
she made, but can
press the back button
to be directed to the
beginning of the story
(the cover page)

15. Meet Joe. He likes to
go hiking
He has some friends
that also like hiking
Joe invites his friends to
view and collaborate with
his hiking story
Joe is inspired and
decides to go hiking there
too, and posts his own
moments!
When Joe goes hiking
during the weekend, he
decides to create an
ongoing hiking story!
Story 2: Making a story with friends
When Joe’s friends go
hiking, they add their own
moments !

16. Upon opening the
app, he is prompted to
make a moment, and
he chooses to write a
small paragraph about
his adventure

17. Once selecting his
format and text, he
posts it

18. He decides to create a
new story

19. First he creates a
cover page with a title,
description, and story
cover. The editing
capabilities here are
the same as creating a
moment

20. His default story
settings appear, but he
can change them for
every new story he
makes
If he chooses to keep
his stories private, he
is prompted to add
collaborators to his
story

21. He chooses
collaborators from the
list of followers +
following

22. Those friends are
shown here once
selected

23. Now the story can be
seen in his feed tab,
as well as his profile

24. Meet Andy. He is
going to Coachella for
the first time
He opens up Selfish to
see what stories are
being written in the
area
Story 3: Finding stories at an event and adding to them
He finds a cool story
being written about
Kanye and begins
reading it
Seeing Kanye in
concert, he adds his
own moment to the
story
That night in his tent, he
sees some more moments
and stories being posted
about other events at
Coachella
The next day, he decides to
do some other cool things
that he didn’t know about
before!

25. He sees some recently
updated stories in his
area

26. He can toggle to
editors picks to see
some of the best
stories made with
Selfish

27. He views the story and
decides to add a
moment to it

28. He is prompted to add
a moment in a popup
message