Speculative class assignment
(1) Develop a persona for a user who might search [thyroid nodule treatments]. Write about their search journey. Your narrative should fork at different search tools, showing how their journey shifts (if at all). Example searches here and below[1].
- In a group assume new roles (representative of @thyroidfriends & @ThyCaInc, a @MayoClinic medical editor, the author of the relevant article on @UpToDate , and a general practitioner) while also playing yourself (a student of search). Develop a plan to monitor result quality.
- As a class we will begin identifying public interest topics to monitor for search quality[2], with the goal of (a) establishing a process that can last beyond the course and (b) demonstrably improving the quality of search results through complaint, comparison, & new content.
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1. More search responses for [thyroid nodule treatments]
- Re search and public interest topics, see the work of @allafarce and this brief post: “We really need to talk more about monitoring search quality for public interest topics.”