3/2/2017 0 Comments Blog #6"Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying 'Yelp for People' -- whether you want them to or not..." Yelp allows people to review businesses based on a one to five star rating and it also allows you to leave comments. According to the article, Peeple is an idea for an app that does the same thing, except with fellow people. Anyone can add a person to the app as long as they have their phone number, a Facebook account and the person adding them must classify their relationship to the person as either personal, professional or romantic. People are able to review anyone, their ex, their best friend, even their neighbor who they have had little to no conversation with. You are not able to remove yourself from the app once your name is in the system unless you violate the site's terms of service and you also can't delete any reviews. One of the co-creators is a woman named Julia Cordray who claims there is no reason you shouldn't want to "showcase your character". The other creator is a woman named Nicole McCullough comes at it from a different viewpoint saying she wants it to help her know who to trust with her kids.
This is such a clear outlet for online bullying that I don't understand why someone would even think this is a good idea. A lot of people are outraged by this app and I think it is completely justifiable. There is already such a huge problem with online bullying. People become very brave when they are behind a screen and sometimes lose sense of their humanity. I’ve seen people say some of the cruelest, ugliest things over the internet and this gives those types of people more of a reason to unleash their evil. I might not be coming from an ethical stance, but this type of idea is just something I can’t wrap my head around. As if we didn’t have enough sites to tear people apart. Is it ethical to allow people to say whatever they want about a person online without their consent or even permission to add themselves? If we want to see the positives, this might have it could help people if there are a lot of positive reviews. It could also help in the professional setting as to whether a person should be hired or if that person is right for the company. I do not think any of these positive outweigh the negatives. Negatives include online bullying and inaccurate reviews because of people who just dislike someone and write a bad review.
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