Potential problems/issues and solution

This online community is not an “ideal kingdom”. There are certainlysome realistic social problems in virtual world.

At the same time when people enjoy the convenience brought by easy-to-get information, they have to face a serious problem of information overload, within which a variety of useless even harmful information will interfere in the process of getting the right information. Meanwhile, disorganized information will cause users to lose their patience. To reduce this problem, administrators of this system must improve their performance in monitoring and organizing the information.

Another drawback of this system is that it cannot guarantee the personal security of travellers who use it to look for real world travel companion. As a matter of fact, the main feature of this project is “to find travel companion”. Most of the time, before people meet their travel companions in the real world, they may not be confirmed with the true details of each other. Hence they have to face some risks of personal safety when they decide to travel with some strangers acquainted online. In order to reduce this risk, we will try to enhance the rating and ranking system for users, and recommend people to choosecompanions who have good reputation according to the rating system.