Next it November, the app, Peeple, should be rolling out.
Some people (I guess not to be confused with Peeple?) are quite concerned about it.
You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online.
So the most surprising thing about Peeple — basically Yelp, but for humans — may be the fact that no one has yet had the gall to launch something like it.
When the app does launch, probably in late November, you will be able to assign reviews and one- to five-star ratings 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.
Imagine every interaction you’ve ever had suddenly open to the scrutiny of the Internet public.
“People do so much research when they buy a car or make those kinds of decisions,” said Julia Cordray, one of the app’s founders. “Why not do the same kind of research on other aspects of your life?”
Of course, anyone can say pretty much what they like about you on social media already, but the Peeple app will consolidate testimonials, essentially reviews, of individuals within the TOS. There are safeguards built into the interface to protect against libel, defamation, and bullying -
To review someone, you must be 21 and have an established Facebook account, and you must make reviews under your real name. <snip> To add someone to the database who has not been reviewed before, you must have that person’s cell phone number.
In essence, making it so you ostensibly wouldn't say anything about someone on Peeple that you wouldn't say to their face.
It's hard to imagine the utility of this app. It seems more like a curiosity than anything. What say you, AWers?
So what do we think of the impending - Peeple? (It's basically Yelp for rating the people you know.)
Some people (I guess not to be confused with Peeple?) are quite concerned about it.
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You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online.
So the most surprising thing about Peeple — basically Yelp, but for humans — may be the fact that no one has yet had the gall to launch something like it.
When the app does launch, probably in late November, you will be able to assign reviews and one- to five-star ratings 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.
Imagine every interaction you’ve ever had suddenly open to the scrutiny of the Internet public.
“People do so much research when they buy a car or make those kinds of decisions,” said Julia Cordray, one of the app’s founders. “Why not do the same kind of research on other aspects of your life?”
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To review someone, you must be 21 and have an established Facebook account, and you must make reviews under your real name. <snip> To add someone to the database who has not been reviewed before, you must have that person’s cell phone number.
It's hard to imagine the utility of this app. It seems more like a curiosity than anything. What say you, AWers?
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