LO5 D2 – Evaluating the negative impact of my product

 On problem my product might cause is cyber bullying and this is because there is a social platform on my product which allows people to comment on others profile and this could lead people to assume that our product isn't safe and would cause the hypodermic syringe theory this implies that our product has a negative impact. the way to combat this is by adding regulatory bodies to search all profile comments of derogatory terms and anything that can be conceived of bullying the regulatory body will do a full profile search of someone's account who has been reported for bullying to crackdown on them and see if they have posted anything inappropriate with reported account we will have humans looks for the comments they have posted as they can see if people use different techniques of text to avoid detection from the bots.

We will try to reduce the chance of cultivation theory from happening by censoring any content that is deemed inappropriate and it will only be able to be accessed by people over the age of 18 and if the content posted it to violent the post will be taken down and the user who posted it will be banned.

The main negative impact of my product will be bullying as with most social platforms that is the main concern but hopefully with the regulatory bodies that will be included in the product it will be reduced to the minimum amount and that hopefully means that no one will have to worry about bullies while they use our product.

Another negative will be the uses and gratification theory this is because some people may not be able to identify real life with fantasy which may alter their behaviour and this could lead to someone doing something bad the main reason I believe this will be a negative as there will always be someone that is trying escape from reality as their reality is not the best and the worry is that someone may take that to the extreme and act out causing them to hurt someone or themselves and that is why we will always put warning and the begins of the games and every time you go to the game store it will also inform you that games aren't real life.

My product also can have cases of moral panic this is because my product could be used to share false news and can cause a panic in the media so that is why we would need to stay on top of the posts shared through our product and take down anything that is deemed to be problamatic as this could cause a moral panic.