diff --git a/doc/src/SUMMARY.md b/doc/src/SUMMARY.md index d4dfcc529..ad94808a3 100644 --- a/doc/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/doc/src/SUMMARY.md @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ - [Key Recovery Scheme](crypto/key-recovery.md) - [Reading maths books](crypto/reading-maths-books.md) +# User Interface + +- [UI](ui/ui.md) + # DEP - [DEP 0001: Version Message Info (accepted)](dep/0001.md) diff --git a/doc/src/ui/ui.md b/doc/src/ui/ui.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..391fc89be --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/ui/ui.md @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +# User Inteface + +We are in the stage where we hone our media. For a successful launch, we need +the characters, the conflict and the narrative. This message is communicated +through a combo of content (articles, posts, memes, vids), the product itself +and narrative (weaving our message into the wider convo). + +A key aspect of our propaganda is the product itself. When an article or news +media is published, they will feature the product itself but not agitprop videos +or memes. See +[this article](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2015/02/03/meet-darkleaks-a-bitcoin-powered-black-market-for-secrets/) +for a good example. + +The product is a way of making the values and message we talk about imminent and +real. Immediately our narrative becomes down to earth and less abstract. It +becomes tangible and the user can imagine themselves using it. + +Why do people use the product? + +* On the most basic level, the cryptocurrency grift that dominates is people + wanting to make money. Can they profit? Is there a new tech or market they can + gain access to? Will this product's hype cause it to takeoff? + +* Gaining power: privacy is about a will to power over the censors. It's about + rebelling and becoming ungovernable. This is our loyalist crowd. On the most + basic level it's being able to speak about issues affecting one's community + while elsewhere people are being deplatformed or arrested. + +The product itself is propaganda. It needs to look so cool that when people make +desktop screenshots, they post the app itself. We can even put visualizers for +network traffic or price charts. We can have 3D objects like rotating DarkFi +logo, a splash screen while loading or an app to explore the dark forest. +Whenever we make vids we need cool sound effects. + +3D printed guns were able to reach far because they harnessed visual power. Cody +said when he first made the gun, he chose white so it had a spectal other-worldy +quality. + +## Apps + +We can make mockups whose primary aim is to look impressive. Later we can figure +out the specifics. + +* Chat +* DAO +* Market (buy/sell goods online) +* Swaps +* Tasks +* Calendar +* About the wallet itself +* Settings, like firefox about:config +* Stats, cool shit +* Backend, change to another one, send a tip and see their info messages. + +## Impressive UIs + +High contrast for maximum impact. + +More neon and scifi. + +The chat needs a cool blurred background graphic. + +Play more with translucency. For example drop down menus. + +Study movie UIs. Collect references. + +## Demos + +[Narodnik's post](https://x.com/Narodism/status/1836769244945563943). +The UI is hard to see and got very low engagement. + +While [lunar_mining's post](https://x.com/lunar_mining/status/1769754796595028034) +got much higher engagement despite much less followers. + +Takeaways: the lunar mining one has more visibility, and it has more artwork. +The Narodnik one looks plain. + +Also there's something to be said for demo'ing desktop apps rather than phone. +Desktop looks more impressive and you can show more visual elements. + +Lastly check [this random post](https://x.com/DOOMbotMask/status/1836316147941024004). +Fake product demos for memecoins get more engagement. We can learn from them +though. In the vid, the user opens an app called "Black Market". + +People want to feel like hackers. We can deliver them that experience. + +Scifi promised us a future that we never got. We live in the age of looking back +nostalgically to a time that never existed and yearning for what we lost. In +this way people are conjuring back the future, yet no product has stepped up to +deliver that so far. Only memecoins are doing it. + +This is where like that memecoin product vid above, we can begin manufacturing +the imaginary of the future through our product. Like a virus delivering a +payload. + +Short example: when DarkWallet was announced, it was the first ever web wallet. +Immediately 6 web wallets appeared, from which Metamask later grew out of that. +Now web wallets have become embedded in the crypto cultural psyche. In this way, +when we make propaganda, showing a simple to use but fucking cool looking +futuristic product to interact with apps suddenly makes the anon political +project seem *very* tangible and in reach. People then get excited. + +> anon: I'm not a dev but how can I participate? +