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After reading the new interesting posts, Terry decides that he wants to be able to see discussions from more topics. He clicks the add topic button and selects a topic to add to his Recent tab. Terry clicks on the My Posts tab to see if anyone has responded to any of his comments.
Terry wants to post an interesting article about MIT sports that he found online. He clicks on the new post link and enters the information for the article. He pastes the link in the description text field for people to follow to the article. He tags the article in the sports topic and posts it.
Design #3:
This design was meant to be slightly more consistent with other article-sharing websites on the web, such as Digg.com and Reddit.com. In particular, we treat discussions, articles, and events very similarly. However, we did want to make the interface simpler. Thus, there is only two types of actual pages. The first is the “View Topic” mode, which contains links to articles, events, and discussions. These are ordered by most-recently posted. The only exception is the “What’s Hot” topic, which is ordered by how many people have liked the topic. Users may navigate through topics, view the posts, and like/dislike the posts. The other type of page is the “Discussion” mode. Every Article, Event, and Discussion has this mode, and it is where users may discuss the current post. A user may either post a new comment, reply to another comment, or delete one of their old comments.
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Scott, a phD student in the Political Science department, has just heard about Beaver Buzz from a friend, but he’s skeptical about joining right away. He’s decided to check it out first to see if it’s worth it to give out his email to yet another website. He types in beaverbuzz.mit.edu to his url bar and is greeted to the front page, which is by default the “what’s hot” topic.
Scott isn’t particularly interested in the Alpha Pi Omega party, the new Elder Scrolls game, or discussing Hass Classes. He sees the “News” link located in the favorites section and clicks it. The bottom-right page reloads and he is presented with a selection of articles pertaining to current events. This is much more to his liking.
After clicking some of the articles, he realizes his life won’t be complete unless he himself can post articles and comment on them. He sees the “login” option in the upper-right hand corner. He clicks on the option “Get Account.” After using his MIT certificate to verify he is a student, a short dialog window appears. All he has to provide is a username (he chooses “Scott25”), a password, and a valid email address.
He is taken back to his old page, but the upper-right hand corner now displays his user information.
He decides that he’d like to discuss the article entitled “Egypt Uprising.” Being a fierce proponent of Democracy, Scott shows his support for the Egyptian people and leaves a comment. He browses several other topics and their discussions and leaves thoughtful comments. After getting tired, Scott logs off and goes to the gym.
After getting back, Scott logs back on to beaver buzz. This time he only needs to provide his username and password. He clicks on the “View Recently Discussed” link, which pops up a dialog box, and finds that several of his comments have been replied to.
He checks out the discussion for the “Uprising in Egypt” article.
Finally, later that night Scott reads an interesting article, also about the situation in Egypt. The article details the causes of the uprising. He logs back on and clicks the “News” topic. He decides to “Post New,” which takes him to a simple dialog box. He enters the desired name for the new post, “History of the Egyptian Uprising,” specifies that it will contain an article link, and posts that link in the textbox. He submits the article, which is posted at the top of the “News” page.
Out of curiousity, Scott clicks on the “Events” tab to see if there’s anything interesting. While there isn’t anything particularly exciting happening that night, Scott sees that the LSC is playing a movie tomorrow. 
He’s not sure if he’ll go, but he keeps it at the back of his mind. Finally, being an amateur linux hacker, Scott would like to Computers to his favorite topics so he can access it quickly. He clicks the "edit" link next to the "Favorites" tag, at the left-hand topic scroll bar.
Scott notices it's really late, and that since he had oodles of fun on Beaver Buzz getting into flame wars with communists and anarchists he had lost track of time. Satisfied with a day well-procrastinated, Scott goes to bed.