Feature Breakdown #1: Medium Claps

As designers, we have various ways to refine our thought processes and sharpen our brains. For quite some time, I’ve been analyzing various features from popular apps and websites, and it has truly helped me gather insights that I earlier thought could be gathered only via usability testing and dealing with the problem yourself. Let’s face it, we cannot deal with all the problems in the world first-hand, but there’s no harm in learning from others’ experiences.

I've started a series of small articles called "Feature Breakdown" where I talk about various interesting features from popular apps and websites.

The first story about Medium Claps got some good feedback. Check it out here - https://medium.muz.li/feature-breakdown-1-medium-claps-40fc7de4539b