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Snacky

News Platform for Gen Z

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Project Duration

Feburary, 2024 - April, 2024

Individual Project

Overview

A news app designed for Gen Z to stay informed through fast, interactive, and shareable content.
Social media habits have shifted how Gen Z consumes news — they prefer short, visual, and interactive formats over traditional articles.

Snacky delivers bite-sized updates, daily voting, and community-driven discussions to make staying informed more engaging and social.
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What is problem?

News media is facing problems with technological changes, shifting habits of young consumers, and the rise of fake news.

Our Target Audience

The primary target audience is Generation Z (Gen-Z) especially those who prefer fast, interactive news formats over traditional media.

Cairo Cairo Diallo
David Noah Smith

The App

That helps Gen Z explore trending topics through daily polls, comment threads, and personalized feeds.
The app provides headline summaries, lets users vote on the trustworthiness of news, and offers topic-based feeds.

It encourages open discussion through comment sections, and includes features like a reaction system and interest selection for personalization.

Final Outcome

Welcome! Sign up! Pick interest!
Welcome! Sign up and pick what you’re interested in to get started.
Sign Up!
A quick sign-up lets users access content tailored to them
Pick Interest!
Selected topics help personalize each user’s feed
Check, Chat and Choose
Discover trending topics, connect with others, and enjoy the daily fun of voting on whether the news is real or fake.
Check What’s Hot
The app helps users keep up with what’s trending and what’s new
Choose With Others
Users can decide what’s real or fake by casting their vote each day
Read, Explore, and Save
Read a quick summary, dive deeper if you're interested, and save it for later
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