Small Goal Support Circle
Design a moderated peer group for short-term behavior goals where members can ask for support without comparison or harmful advice.
The brief
Understand the problem
Background
Peer encouragement can help people continue a difficult change, but advice around smoking, diet, and exercise can become unsafe, judgmental, or medically inappropriate.
User context
Tomas wants to reduce smoking and has chosen a two-week goal with support from a clinician. He would like encouragement from peers without sharing his identity or receiving treatment claims.
Product problem
The community must support reflection and accountability while moderating dangerous claims, shame, competition, and crisis disclosures.
Objective
Create goal privacy, group onboarding, daily check-ins, support requests, and moderator escalation for a small peer circle.
What to design
Define the experience
Required experience
- Goal and privacy setup
- Small-group matching
- Check-in and support request
- Moderation and professional-resource handoff
Screens and states
- Goal setup
- Circle home
- Check-in composer
- Support thread
- Report and help resources
Core user flow
Follow the critical path
- 01
Tomas sets a private goal and content boundaries
- 02
He joins a moderated group
- 03
He posts a difficult-day check-in
- 04
Peers respond using supportive prompts and the app links back to his professional plan
Product rules
Requirements and constraints
Requirements
- Keep health details optional
- Prohibit diagnosis and treatment claims
- Offer guided supportive responses
- Provide blocking, reporting, and moderator review
- Surface relevant professional and crisis resources
Constraints
- Peers are not clinicians
- Different goals need different safety guidance
- Pseudonyms must not imply complete anonymity from moderators
Reality check
States worth considering
Ready-to-use content
Mock data
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Support prompts
- Would encouragement or practical ideas help right now?
- Share what worked for you without prescribing it
- Report health claims or harmful pressure to a moderator
Finish line
What to deliver
- Five mobile-first screens
- A moderation path for unsafe advice and urgent support
If you want more
Optional extensions
Optional direction
Visual resources
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