Happiness is an ecosystem. One aspect of such as health or financial success is not enough. Hence the rationale behind building a social network is that we can create the ecosystem as people needs evolve. Since we have already laid down the foundation of what the social network is about- developers can develop plugins to cover the vast areas in which happiness can be attained.
But, what does our social network do: First and foremost it encourages the mood of happiness through design (yellow is associated with joy and happiness), through auto-suggestion "What are you happy about today, Tom?" =>encourages a user to count their blessings and share what they are happy about. Nicholas Christakis says in a TedTalk: The Hidden Influence of Social Networks. That when we have emotions we show them, but not only that but, others can read and copy them- emotions are contagious! And our social network encourages the spread of happy emotions through pictures, video, text this could be anything from someone sharing information about a health, financial, spiritual breakthrough. To simply something that made them laugh!
Does auto-suggestion and design for emotion work, yes! Facebook has got" "What's on your mind?" which subsconsciously tells you hey, you can share anything you want here. That is why most of the rants are made on Facebook and also why people share just about anything on Facebook. Twitter uses "What's happening" which consciously or subconsciously tells you that you're supposed to share some news, event, etc.
These two social networks have proven that auto-suggestion works. Our social network has applied the auto-suggestion: "What are you happy about today, Tom?" One to encourage the sharing of happy stuff because emotions are contagious but also to allow people to count their blessings each time and find gratitude in their daily lives. Research shows that this has got an effect on stress reduction and stress reduction is a contributory factor to the improvement of physical health!
We believe that creating a social network to create solve the problem of happiness is a holistic solution that will have overall impact on people's happiness. Take for instance how Facebook has integrated games, gifts, as they continue to create an ecosystem.
So ultimately, The Happy People social network has got the greatest opportunity to great overall impact allowing people to improve, their moods, become more productive and even healthier!
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