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Peeple — basically Yelp,
but for humans --
is coming to rate you from one to five stars. Sigh. It had to happen and is coming 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.
Peeple is indicative of a sort of technology that values “the information content of the web over individuals;”
it’s so obsessed with the perceived magic of crowd-sourced data that it fails to see the harms to ordinary people.
There’s no way such a rating could ever accurately reflect the person in question.
Cordray, one of the two creators, hypes it on YouTube,
where she’s publishing a reality Web series about the app’s process.
“It doesn’t matter how far apart we are in likes or dislikes,”
she tells some friend at a bar in episode 10.
“All that matters is what people say about us.”
I was taught it was
the other way around,
weren't you?
I enjoy your Blogs Roland. Your sharp keen insights into Life, have become the first thing I read upon awakening. I can always count on a subject matter which is quit stimulating to my own mind. It's so clear to me now, 15 yrs later; how much you have grown as an Author and Great Mind. I see your world, in these blogs, which have become a watering hole; more-so, an Oasis for me in this brutal Mojave Desert. Your mind is full of brilliance, and I for one am very thankful, to read your works, both books and blogs. Thought Provoking is an understatement. Your thoughts much like many discussions we used to have person to person, have substance, wisdom, and challenges my own mind. I have long lived, and worked, to create and find paradigm shifts, for the workplace, and personal life. This Blog Spot provides more food for thought, than a Banquet set for Kings. Again I thank you My Dear Friend. (Stuck inside of Mojave, with the Bayou Blues, again). Kudo's Master Roland....!!!~~
ReplyDeleteNo master I -- only a perpetual student of the flux of change I see around me blown by the the constant thrum of human nature which seems ever the same.
DeleteI pray that your pain has eased somewhat, if only a little.
I miss our weekly discussions at my bookstore those years ago. I re-play some of them in my head from time to time.
As you know, I have submitted a short story to an anthology. Wish me luck. It will probably be the end of the year before I know anything certain. May the desert treat you better, my friend and brother. :-)
I wish you the best of Luck, and Blessings towards You, and your incredible endeavor(s)....always...!
DeleteSo the perception is that everyone is an expert on judging others, it's no wonder when that's what happens on the tv. This is a good reason to go live in a cave. . .
ReplyDeleteOr to keep tight lips so to speak on social media. Everyone is fighting a battle of which no one else is aware these days. Kindness should be our guide but most do not believe that. Always good to hear from you! :-)
DeleteThis app appears to be a hoax. From Snopes: The entire Peeple premise seemed to be (if anything) vague and confusing. That stands to reason, as the entire concept appeared to have been conceived as late as 12 August 2015. The @PeepleforPeople Twitter account seemed primarily geared to promoting video content involving Peeple co-founders Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough, with virtually no independent verification of the app’s actual existence amid a regular stream of YouTube videos.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Well, they fooled CNET and the WASHINGTON POST -- the sources where I got my information.
DeleteLife is so bizarre that such a thing is easily believed. Thanks for the input.
I just checked Snopes.com and found this:
Delete" Which is not to say Peeple isn’t going to hit the app store in November, but it hasn’t been in production very long (if it’s not a hoax), and its founders appear to have cobbled together a PR campaign in a matter of weeks with no detail backing it up.
Read more at http://m.snopes.com/2015/10/01/peeple/#D6xOMDKSf64bvoQi.99
I have seen quite a few "experts" who label this business a complete hoax. Snopes is careful about not taking a complete stand until they are certain about something. The app sounds like junior high slam books.
DeleteSigh.
ReplyDeleteI suspect there are going to be some very crowded caves.
Social Media is a two-edged sword all right. And it seems the internet is bristling with those who do not think things through. sigh.
DeleteShallow is all I can think. We reduce our estimate to the loudmouth.
ReplyDeletePeople will be spires stomping grounds for sure.
DeleteShallow seems to the word of the day for so many cruising the net certainly. Disclosing too much to social media just seems foolhardy to me.
DeleteOh god, that's HORRIBLE. Hopefully real people will ignore it and it will die a quiet death.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nasty idea. As if social media didn't destroy enough lives already.
I'm hoping most people ignore it, too. What an app that could be so destructive to so many!
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