I liked the idea that PositiveCyb is trying to tackle, but I left the room with more questions than answers. As a quiet, submissive, small girl from the rougher side of town, there is no surprise that I was bullied quite often. Since I've dealt with bullies pretty much all of my life time, I know how they are and all of their motives. Bullies hate being snitched on, and people in the neighborhood I lived in look down upon those who tattled. In all honesty, even teachers and my own parents couldn't stand snitches. Possession of the app would be an annoyance to teachers and bullies, and the victim might be harassed even more now that everyone can see that he or she is "too weak" to deal with the problems himself.
I also feel like this app would be a bother to people around the user of the app. The presenters did mention that the app should recognize the difference between friendly aggressive language and bully aggressive language. What if it doesn't? What if two people in the work environment are happily engaging in a not-so-friendly conversation and some random person's phone picks up on it and reports it to their boss? The boss could fire them for inappropriate behavior in the work place and not bullying. This could be really unfair because many people do harmless things like this with the anticipation of not getting caught. By the same token, it might dismiss bullies attacks against the person they are bullying. With the nationwide fight against bullying, bullies are finding creative ways to harass their victims. Bullies these days say hurtful things in a very passive tone of voice to make it seem like they are not bullying in order to not be shamed. What if the app doesn't pick up on this? The bully will continue to get away with bullying.
Those were the main problems that stuck out to me. There could be more, but of course there are always flaws and room for improvements during the brainstorming proccess of creating anything new and innovative. I really like the idea of voice recognition; it is creative and cool. Using this as the solution to bullying however is not very practical.
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