Cool
Is there any reason to believe that people are actually going to trust this app to give a fair "analysis" of anyone?
Are you unhappy that you have to leave your house and make an effort to judge other people? Well, not anymore! Now you can voice all the self-rectifying, indulgent, petty criticisms of anyone you want, all from the palm of your hand! Making yourself artificially feel like a better person has never been so easy.
Who gives a shit.
Quote from: Memerick on April 19, 2016, 02:17:22 PMWho gives a shit.You will when you go to a job interview, they look you up on Yelp for people! and see that I posted a review stating you make anti-Semitic comments and you're favorite past time is yelling sextets insults at women by the bus stop. Doesn't matter if it's not true, they wont be so quick to hire you.
It's not a legitimate service. Any business that takes it seriously is never going to make it.
Quote from: Memerick on April 19, 2016, 03:08:14 PMIt's not a legitimate service. Any business that takes it seriously is never going to make it. Yeah, I mean social media in general is just for socializing right?
Social media contains posts that you actually made yourself, not a bunch of bullshit your crazy ex girlfriend made up when she was drunk
How would someone know she was crazy or drunk? This app was specifically designed to rate you as an individual from not only friends and family, but coworkers and employers as well.
Not only would it make sense for another potential employer to use to to examine you, but to be hesitant when Jim from accounting says you're a lazy do nothing slacker simply because you're leaving the company for a better job and is trying to sabotage you, but you're would-be new management doesn't know that. They only see a post from someone who worked with you claiming you weren't adequate with your job.
Yes I'm sure companies would trust the word of anonymous strangers that claimed to work with you over contacting previous employers.
Quote from: Memerick on April 19, 2016, 04:43:13 PMYes I'm sure companies would trust the word of anonymous strangers that claimed to work with you over contacting previous employers.And if previous employers would use this?
People on here seem to be missing the point, it doesn't matter if the app becomes dead or nobody uses it. The fact remains that there are people out there that are attempting to make a quick buck trying to rate you on some completely bullshit scale, and there are other people willing to go along with it. If you value yourself as a human being, you wouldn't let yourself be judged like this. Human beings are not something you can rate like your favorite cereal brand or hair care product.
The company noted, too, that “no one can add you to the app” — making it sound as if being reviewed on Peeple is an opt-in experience.That’s not entirely true, however.Peeple’s own website says you can still write “recommendations” (i.e. reviews, but not necessarily positive ones) for anyone who’s not on the app, then choose to invite that person to join Peeple.In other words, even if you’re not participating, someone could write your review. Sure, that review might not be public, but it exists in a digital format on the company’s servers.
But no one is forcing you to participate in it
muh privacy
The keywords would be "that review might not be public, but it exists in a digital format on the company’s servers." Their personal data policy seems pretty solid. So no, I don't see how anyone is forced to participate at all.