Serefind: A Social Networking Website for Classifieds

TL;DR

Serefind is a social networking platform for classifieds that emphasizes security, privacy, and usability, successfully deployed at Johns Hopkins University as a sustainable community classifieds site.

Contribution

The paper introduces the design and implementation of Serefind, a social classifieds website with a focus on security, privacy, and usability, tailored for community use.

Findings

Successfully deployed at Johns Hopkins University

Can serve as a self-sustaining classifieds platform

Focuses on security, privacy, and usability

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of a social networking website for classifieds, called Serefind. We designed search interfaces with focus on security, privacy, usability, design, ranking, and communications. We deployed this site at the Johns Hopkins University, and the results show it can be used as a self-sustaining classifieds site for public or private communities.