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Yelp For People To Launch In November
HughPickens.com writes: Caitlin Dewey reports in the Washington Post that 'Peeple' — basically Yelp, but for humans will launch in November. Subtitled "character is destiny," Peeple is an upcoming app that promises to "revolutionize the way we're seen in the world through our relationships" by allowing you to assign reviews of one to five stars to everyone you know: your exes, your co-workers, the old guy who lives next door. You can't opt out — once someone puts your name in the Peeple system, it's there unless you violate the site's terms of service. And you can't delete bad or biased reviews — that would defeat the whole purpose. "People do so much research when they buy a car or make those kinds of decisions," says co-founder Julia Cordray. "Why not do the same kind of research on other aspects of your life?"
According to Caitlin, one does not have to stretch far to imagine the distress and anxiety that such a system will cause even a slightly self-conscious person; it's not merely the anxiety of being harassed or maligned on the platform — but of being watched and judged, at all times, by an objectifying gaze to which you did not consent. "If you're one of the people who miss bullying kids in high school, then Peeple is definitely going to be the app for you!," says Mike Morrison. "I'm really looking forward to being able to air all of my personal grievances, all from the safety of my phone. Thanks to the app, I'll be able to potentially ruin someone's life, without all the emotional stress that would occur if I actually try to fix the problem face-to-face."
According to Caitlin, one does not have to stretch far to imagine the distress and anxiety that such a system will cause even a slightly self-conscious person; it's not merely the anxiety of being harassed or maligned on the platform — but of being watched and judged, at all times, by an objectifying gaze to which you did not consent. "If you're one of the people who miss bullying kids in high school, then Peeple is definitely going to be the app for you!," says Mike Morrison. "I'm really looking forward to being able to air all of my personal grievances, all from the safety of my phone. Thanks to the app, I'll be able to potentially ruin someone's life, without all the emotional stress that would occur if I actually try to fix the problem face-to-face."
"once someone puts your name in the Peeple system, it's there unless you violate the site's terms of service"
Can't wait to violate me some terms of service!
You should modify it to say In My Opinion, because your opinion is free speech. Hearsay "I have it on good authority" means that they can compel your source in court, when suing you for liable or slander. And if you are knowingly spreading false reports (made up shit) you are subject to libel and slander tort.
In My Opinion, Peeple co-founder Julia Cordray is a greedy bitch who sees noting wrong with a platform that allows unreliable, anonymous character assassination. She is a worthless twat and a horrible human being who cares nothing for her fellow humans.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
This new website will be a private competition to NSA (or other agency) databases. Or a complement. Peeple will complement everyone's profile with the insights that would normally never be recorded on internet.
Currently US intelligence community "does not" have the files for absolute majority of the citizens. What they do have is databases, available to be queried and the profile of the websites visited, people contacted, or other activities. Imagine this as an old fashioned address book, supplemented with the key interests, ranked by popularity of the connections.
Privacy becomes a privilege. It comes with the cost.
Sounds good. Perhaps everybody on slashdot should start with a review of Bennet Hasselton.
I think they'll see a massive flood of negativity on themselves, but only if they even allow themselves to be rated in their (cr)app.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
Sounds good. Perhaps everybody on slashdot should start with a review of Bennet Hasselton.
Is it true that Bennet Hasselton smokes crack and molests children?
I'm not saying it's true, I'm just asking questions.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
I doubt these people have the answer but whoever can figure this out will be rich beyond belief. The real problem with this idea is it seems like it's like Yelp which just accepts and store reviews. That is pretty meaningless in real life. There are people in my life who seem to be well loved by many but I can't stand. On the flip side there are some real jerks that I get along with fine depending on what we are doing. Going fishing is great but working on a project not so much.
The real goal would be something like the Netflix recommendation algorithm. If I get along with someone it should see who else that person gets along with and I may get along with them even if not too many other people like them. And that is just for one type of activity and it's not always a one - one relationship.
I love Jesus, except for his foreign policy.
Correct. The plan is to create a massively controversial site that millions will rush to in order to check their own profiles, slander their enemies and astroturf themselves. Owners rake in advertising revenue, then shut down once the lawsuits become impossible to ignore and walk away rich.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Owners rake in advertising revenue, then shut down once the lawsuits become impossible to ignore and walk away rich.
Yeah. The thing about litigators is, they don't stop coming after you when you decide to "walk away". They only stop once you don't have any more money. I'm sure that this Peeple thing is set up as a corporation, and thus has "limited liability", but in practical terms I'm not sure that phrase really means anything anymore.
Yeah, that's what the Stasi thought, too.
Mission: To provide products that consume time and energy as entertainingly as permitted by the laws of thermodynamics.
Every ex-GF is about to have a fucking field day.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
. . . As well as every Men's Rights Activist.
But you can't say that on Slashdot.
I believe you've just demonstrated the point .... the ability for random people to review other people without their consent is going to lead to libel and slander.
You can't just say "well, someone reviewed you, tough".
This is going to lead to lawsuits and all sorts of crap. What an idiotic thing to be building. I just don't see this being anything other than a series of bad outcomes, all because someone thinks they have a business model.
Trusting the founder of an app who stands to make money from it telling us this will be used responsibly is like having an oil company tell us there will be no spills .. you simply can't trust them to be doing anything other than serving their own interests.
"positivity app for positive people" is a nice slogan, but it's competely bullshit.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
I am sure the money will be syphoned out as fast as it comes in so the first good lawsuit will shut them down. But the people behind it will be doing just fine.
I read the article, and apparently, only positive reviews are visible for a person until that person signs up. Fortunately, I suspect there's a workaround... continuing with your example:
Of all the accused crack-smoking child molesters, Bennet Hasselton is by far the best!
What's stopping someone who wants to write a review from signing up under the persons name in order to get the bad reviews to show?
"Well kids, you tried your best, and you failed. The lesson is, never try." -Homer Simpson
The problem I see right away with this app is the problem of anonymous reviews. If the app only allows people to review each other but from real-name accounts, so you know exactly is criticizing you, that's free speech, and it still allows you to sue to reviewer for libel. However, if the app allows anonymous reviews, I can't imaging how it won't be immediately bogged down in libel lawsuits against the company itself, considering how damaging this can really be to people.