"apart together" scenarios and design

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how can social media help provide

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individual in a long distance rela onship?

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meet isabel.

how can "mentorship" be used to encourage those who are frightenedabout the beginning of an LDR?

scenario: someone nding and contacting a mentor

isabel is about to graduate from high school. she's headed of to her first-choice school in colorado in the fall, and earlier thissemester, she was thrilled… but now she's feeling a little awful and conflicted, because she sort of accidentally fell in love withher boyfriend, chris. whom she once told they could "have a nice time during senior year, but not make a big thing of it," andwho is now about to head for school in iowa. she thinks they're too young to be thinking too hard about their future together,but that doesn't stop her from furtively googling "high school sweetheart" statistics in the glow of her laptop. she finds a websitethat serves to connect people in long distance relationships to help each other get through it, and makes a post about hersituation to see if anybody who's been through the same thing has any advice for her. maggie, a junior in college, sees izzie's

post and relives a bit of her own fears and doubts from that time. she reaches out and of ers to be a mentor to share herexperiences and learning with someone who will likely parallel them.



how often do you call? answer

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apart together a community for people in lon distance relationships.

what other methods do you use to stay connected?

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maie says: “we call every day,but sometimes we don’t even talkfive minutes. mostly we text.”

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welcome aboard!we’re here to help lon distance relationships survive, one partner at a time.

we are a community of people who are all oin throuh distances.

apart together a community for people in lon distance relationships.

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hello, ?????? what’s your name?lon distanceabout to be lon distanceoccasional distance“closed the ap”no loner toether

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YOU YOUR RELATIONSHIP

where do you live?

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toether for how lon?

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skip >> don’t foret to come back!

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here’s to help et you started:hello, ISABEL

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Do “hih schoolsweethearts” everreally work out?

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TAGS: question, hih school sweethearts +

FEELINGS: scared, hopeful +

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maie says: “we call every day,but sometimes we don’t even talkfive minutes. mostly we text.”


how do I tellmy boyfriend Ineed to havemore contact?

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this is a story aboutthis picture that oeson for really quite afew lines to demon-strate the dierentkinds of content thatcan appear in thiscontent stream. thatincludes lon text,short questions, oodadvice,mixtapes,photos,videos,etc.

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COUPLE STATS

aes: 17& 18

toether for: almost a year

apart since: not apart yet :)

locations: soon,colorado sprins & iowa city

distance: 850 miles

ameplan: i hope that we can stick this outwith skype and a visit or two each term.

hi, MAGGIE

Wichita, KS

ABOUT MEI’m headed to collee for bioloy!

3/5/13

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Isabel K. izzie & chris

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Do “hih school sweethearts”ever really work out?

Isabel’s answersShe hasn’t answered any questions yet!

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That’s all Isabel has shared so far!

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havin somebody to talk to who’s been throuh it all before or facin it alonside you canmake all the dierence in the world to someone in a lon distance relationship.

This sounds so much like what my boyfriend and I had todeal with when we started school, ten hours apart. If youthink you’d like to have somebody to talk to, I’d be happy tobe there for you while you et your footin and stu!

Isabel,

Maie





meet james.

how can the online community help someone navigate a "rough patch" intheir LDR?

scenario: seeking advice on a topic, e.g. cheating

james's girlfriend kelly made a mistake from a few hundred miles away. she confessed and apologized after she went to a fratparty with another guy, which in james's mind, was not a big deal, and then danced with him all night, which was kind of a deal,and then also kissed him, which was a pretty big deal. they'd never really talked about how they would handle other people, butthey both know they don't feel great about how this went. unenthused about talking to his local friends about it but still hurt, heabsently googles to learn about how other people deal with cheating. he comes across a long distance advice and supportplatform. he reads some related stories, and the multi-faceted replies they received, and decides to post his own to get anothertake on the situation. a handful of people warn him that one transgression often leads to another, but more people than he

expected encouraged him to talk it out with kelly and give it another shot if they both still want to be together, after re-establishing clear guidelines and boundaries that they're both comfortable with.



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what’s the best date?

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jaqueline says: “our favorite thinto do when we et toether is oout to parks and picnic.”

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My f cheated onme at a party. Whatdo I do now?

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howdy, JAMES

TAGS: question, cheatin, party +

FEELINGS: pissed o, scared, sad +

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My f cheated onme at a party. Whatdo I do now?

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hey, JAMES

TAGS: question, cheatin, party

Sorry dude that sucks. I’d be scared she’d cheat aain… maybe walk.

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FEELINGS: pissed o, scared, sad

Mike B.

You know, sometimes people do just make stupid mistakes. Do youthink this is a symptom of somethin oin wron, or just one dumb choice?Derek M.

It sounds like a bad sin to me. If you forive a cheater, you’rebasically just tellin them it’s okay to cheat and you’ll keep forivin them.Caroline S.

i’m so sorry, james! what did she say about it? if you uys really thinkit’s worth it, you can probably work it out. people fuck up a lot durin collee, andyou’re probably still fiurin out how your relationship works. it miht not be a badidea to take this time to reconsider how important this is to each of you.

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howdy, JAMES

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I think my boyfriend’s cheatin on me and i don’t know…

is it cheatin if i just han out a lot with another irl?

I just want people to know cheatin doesn’t have to be…

I cheated on my irlfriend and I want to tell her but I…

my bf looks at porn all t he time and it makes me feel…

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Do “hih school

sweethearts” everreally work out?

how do I tellmy boyfriend Ineed to havemore contact?

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this is a story aboutthis picture that oeson for really quite afew lines to demon-strate the dierentkinds of content thatcan appear in thiscontent stream. thatincludes lon text,short questions, oodadvice,mixtapes,photos,videos,etc.

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meet lucy.

how can interactive information design help a separated partner connectwith others' experiences?

scenario: sorting the overall stream of content by mood/tag

lucy met her girlfriend anna online. she's an ocean away, but lucy's dad works for an airline, so it's not as bad as it could be. theymay only get to spend time in person once every few months, but they find time to talk and skype almost every day, and lovemaking mixtapes and sending letters despite the postage. but the time dif erence means they each have quite a bit of time whenthey can't talk to one another, so lucy's taken to using a long distance relationship website to read stories about other couplesand share stories of her own. depending on how she's feeling, she can look at funny moments, or embarrassingly sappy cutestuf , or even sad breakups when she wants to feel grateful for what she and anna have. she especially likes the "perfect futures,"where people post elaborate fantasies about the lives they wish they were living with their partners, whether they're just in the

same place with sweet jobs, or famous movie stars, or on an inter-stellar journey to colonize a new planet.




meet sarah.

how can this platform allow for both online and ofine friendship andcompanionship?

scenario: nding/setting up a live meet-up

sarah has been with her boyfriend nick for a few years now, and they've gotten through basic training, and a handful of transfersand new locales. the first time they were apart, she cried for days, but she found a website to help her cope better by helping herconnect with others who are dealing with similar circumstances. she made online friends with a young army wife who mentoredher through those hard first separations, and has developed a healthy rhythm when nick's away, taking care of their dog, andreading books. but things are about to change again: he's being deployed in afghanistan, and he won't be home again for a longtime. they spend all the time together they possibly can before he leaves, but sarah knows she's going to need backup to getthrough this time in her life. she uses the same ldr website that helped her before, but this time she wants to find someone close

by. searching through users close to her, she finds mandy, whose boyfriend has been in afghanistan for a few months already.she reaches out to her and the two make a date for lunch a few days after nick leaves, when sarah knows she'll need somebody totalk to about it.



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how lon had you been toether before you found “your son”?

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derek says: “we were in our hi hschool’s band toether. he was adrum major, i played the trumpet.”

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havin somebody to talk to who’s been throuh it all before or facin it alonside you canmake all the dierence in the world to someone in a lon distance relationship.

My boyfriend is about to be deployed. We’veot just a fewweeks left toether, and I hardly know what to do with my-self riht now, let alone after he leaves. I noticed we live inthe same town… I was wonderin if maybe you’d be interes-ted in meetin up sometime? I’ll buy you some coee! I justfeel like talkin to somebody could really help me riht now.

Mandy,

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hello, SARAH

mentors mentees distance chat meet in person

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96% 87%North Carolina/Iraqaes: 24 & 24toether for: 6 yearsapart since: 2010distance: 1000 miles

North Carolina/Iraqaes: 17& 18toether for: 5 yearsapart since: 2010distance: 850 miles

96% 87%North Carolina/Iraqaes: 17& 18toether for: 5 yearsapart since: 2010distance: 850 miles


96% 87%North Carolina/Iraqaes: 17& 18toether for: 5 yearsapart since: 2010distance: 850 miles


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COUPLE STATS

aes: 24 & 24

toether for: 6 years

apart since: 2010locations: Raleih,NC & Iraq

distance: 10,700 miles

ameplan: we talk when we can and pray daily.

hello, SARAH

Raleih, NC

ABOUT MEI’m a kinderarten teacher.

3/5/13

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Mandy T. mandy & jim

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it’s our anniversary and he’s nothere with me. :(

what should i send Jim for hisbirthday?

Mandy’s answersI think sometimes the best thin you can do is just

take a walk,drink some wine,have a nap, just any

other thin to take your mind o of it.

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