user
Let an agent explain the concept of user in computing and services, describe user roles, rights and responsibilities, support user-centred design and support questions, and separate the sense of drug user and other uses.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the concept of user in computing and services, describe user roles, rights and responsibilities, support user-centred design and support questions, and separate the sense of drug user and other uses.
A person who uses a product, service, system or resource, especially a computer system, software application or online platform, including end users, beginners, gamers, modders, forum moderators and other roles, and in security contexts also malicious users; users are the focus of user experience design, support, accessibility and privacy law, are represented by accounts and identities in systems, and are studied in human-computer interaction.
What it is for: People who use systems and services.
It can be explain the concept and roles; describe rights and responsibilities; support design and support questions; separate other senses.
Distinguishing features
Use relation
Roles and permissions
Design focus
Rights and privacy
What it looks like
Not physical; a role represented by accounts.
How it is recognised
Person using a system or service
End users, gamers, moderators and others
A customer pays; a developer builds; drug user is another sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - enthusiast users
is related to - malicious users and security
is related to - providers serving users
In practice
Families and kinds
end users
expert and novice users
community roles such as moderators and modders
administrators and privileged users
malicious users as a security category
Standards and regulation
Data protection and privacy law
Accessibility standards
Platform terms of service and community rules
Failure modes and hazards
Poor usability and accessibility
Privacy violations
Abuse and harassment among users
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.user-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a user is.
Concepts.
Concept
Concept and roles.
Concept
Concept.
- What is a user in computing and services, and how do end users, administrators, moderators, gamers and modders differ? definition
- Is the computing sense, or another sense such as drug user, meant? boundary
Accounts
Accounts and identity.
Accounts
Accounts.
- How are users represented by accounts, identities and permissions in systems? definition
- Which entry fits identity management? action
Design Designing for users.
Practice.
UX
User-centred design.
UX
Design.
- How are user needs researched and designs tested, according to human-computer interaction practice? provenance
- Which entry fits user experience design? action
Support
Support and onboarding.
Support
Support.
- How are users supported, onboarded and taught, including beginners? action
- Which entry fits technical support? action
Rights Rights and governance.
Law.
Privacy
Privacy and data rights.
Privacy
Privacy.
- What rights do users have over their data and accounts under privacy law and terms of service? provenance
- Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Community
Community governance.
Community
Community.
- How are user communities governed by rules, moderators and platforms, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn Research and teaching.
Education.
Research
Research on users.
Research
Research.
- What does research say about user behaviour, adoption and communities? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can user-centred thinking be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should user experience be a separate entry?
- How should privacy law be linked?
- How should platform governance be linked?