Prefabricated Icon Messaging System for Cyber Bullying Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic messaging systems fail to effectively prevent cyber bullying, as they often rely on post-event reporting and invasive filters to address negative content, rather than proactively promoting positive communication.
Innovation Solution
An electronic messaging system that restricts communication to a library of prefabricated icons, which can only be altered by administrators, preventing users from creating text messages and thus reducing the incidence of cyber bullying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users are allowed to create and send text messages with custom content, then communication versatility is improved, but cyber bullying and negative content increase
Solution Approach 1:
The message content is segmented into predefined icon categories (positive, negative, neutral), and users can only select from approved icons within each category rather than creating free-form text. This segmentation allows versatile communication through icon combinations while preventing harmful content creation.
Solution Approach 2:
Prefabricated icons serve as intermediaries between users and the communication medium. Instead of direct text input that can contain harmful content, users interact with curated icon representations that mediate the communication, filtering out cyber bullying while preserving expressive capability.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If invasive filters are implemented to detect and block negative content, then cyber bullying prevention is improved, but user experience and communication freedom deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Negative content filtering is performed preliminarily through the selection interface design itself. Harmful icons are excluded from the available options before users can select them, eliminating the need for post-selection filtering and invasive monitoring of user communications.
Solution Approach 2:
The restriction on message creation freedom is converted into a benefit by preventing harmful content from being generated in the first place. The limitation on user experience (cannot create custom text) becomes advantageous by automatically preventing cyber bullying without requiring complex detection algorithms.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If a library of prefabricated icons is used to restrict message content, then positive communication is promoted, but message customization capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The icon library is made dynamic and adaptable rather than static. Users can customize their messages by selecting different combinations of prefabricated icons, and the system can adaptively present relevant icon categories based on communication context, maintaining customization capability while ensuring content remains positive and harmful-free.
Data Source
AI summary
A social media message system is described allowing open access to all users. The message system utilizes one or more libraries with prefabricated icons for sending messages of a generally positive nature. The messaging system may use words in the icons, but otherwise does not allow users to generate alpha numeric text messages or emoticons.