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Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’

32 points by truxs 11y ago

pjc50 11y ago
Ah, is this being allowed on here now? Edit: nope, gone from the first few pages.
- shenanigoat 11y ago
  I think discussion for this type of thing is important for myriad reasons.
nashashmi 11y ago
They should just call it "Gossip Channel". I don't see the point behind this, unless the comments and ratings were orchestrated to always beeee ... polite.
protomyth 11y ago
What exactly is the revenue model for this? Secondly, I am so glad I went to high school in the 80's because this is going to make life a pain-in-the-butt for a lot of high school students. Isn't it nice that fellow developers who probably had a rough life with their interest in technology are helping to write an app designed to make it super efficient to do the same to others.
- deleted 11y ago
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- MrZongle2 11y ago
  What exactly is the revenue model for this? Most likely a cut-and-paste of what they believe the Yelp model to be. And probably without a realistic estimate of how much labor will go into policing it. If the public can currently get their jollies off of gaming existing review systems for goods and restaurants, they'll jump at the chance to do the same for individuals. Really, the question should be: "how much personal harm will be caused by this before the money will run out?"
maresca 11y ago
I wonder how a site like this fits in with the right to be forgotten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten
- arcanus 11y ago
  If it results in an expansion of that right in the USA, I'm all for it.
caio1982 11y ago
"Terrifying" should be in capital, bold letters. I don't even know what to say about this app...
Ujio 11y ago
'...users can “report anything they deem inaccurate” to the site.' So, guilty until you can prove yourself innocent then.
drdeca 11y ago
Idk what effect the "positivity rating" would have on this.
rip747 11y ago
“If we have it for restaurants, why [don’t] we have it for people?” one Twitter user offered the withering reply, “[B]ecause restaurants [don’t] kill themselves??” I hope that the creators and the investors will be dragged through court (and rightfully so), if God forbid something like that happens.
Stryder 11y ago
How is this even possibly legal? I know some folks who are trying to build a new service to revamp existing corporate personnel performance reviews and this is exactly the kind of thing that is proving to be difficult. Seriously. How?! http://www.hg.org/defamation.html http://www.hg.org/defamation.html
shenanigoat 11y ago
The best bullying prevention is to never sign up for this garbage. "If you haven’t registered for the site, and thus can’t contest those negative ratings, your profile only shows positive reviews."
- dshen2 11y ago
  You're still vulnerable to: '5 stars - I'm rating this 5 stars to make sure everyone sees it: This person is (a rapist|a psycho roommate|unstable|a sexual predator|a heroin addict||a paedophile). (Long personable sincere story explaining above).'
SeerWS 11y ago
This is particularly worrisome for people with unique names. John Smith doesn't have to worry as much because he could claim "that's not me". But I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the world with my name and that makes this less fair for me.

32 points by truxs 11y ago

pjc50 11y ago

Ah, is this being allowed on here now? Edit: nope, gone from the first few pages.

shenanigoat 11y ago
I think discussion for this type of thing is important for myriad reasons.

nashashmi 11y ago

They should just call it "Gossip Channel". I don't see the point behind this, unless the comments and ratings were orchestrated to always beeee ... polite.

protomyth 11y ago

What exactly is the revenue model for this? Secondly, I am so glad I went to high school in the 80's because this is going to make life a pain-in-the-butt for a lot of high school students. Isn't it nice that fellow developers who probably had a rough life with their interest in technology are helping to write an app designed to make it super efficient to do the same to others.

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MrZongle2 11y ago
What exactly is the revenue model for this? Most likely a cut-and-paste of what they believe the Yelp model to be. And probably without a realistic estimate of how much labor will go into policing it. If the public can currently get their jollies off of gaming existing review systems for goods and restaurants, they'll jump at the chance to do the same for individuals. Really, the question should be: "how much personal harm will be caused by this before the money will run out?"

maresca 11y ago

I wonder how a site like this fits in with the right to be forgotten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten

arcanus 11y ago
If it results in an expansion of that right in the USA, I'm all for it.

caio1982 11y ago

"Terrifying" should be in capital, bold letters. I don't even know what to say about this app...

Ujio 11y ago

'...users can “report anything they deem inaccurate” to the site.' So, guilty until you can prove yourself innocent then.

drdeca 11y ago

Idk what effect the "positivity rating" would have on this.

rip747 11y ago

“If we have it for restaurants, why [don’t] we have it for people?” one Twitter user offered the withering reply, “[B]ecause restaurants [don’t] kill themselves??” I hope that the creators and the investors will be dragged through court (and rightfully so), if God forbid something like that happens.

Stryder 11y ago

How is this even possibly legal? I know some folks who are trying to build a new service to revamp existing corporate personnel performance reviews and this is exactly the kind of thing that is proving to be difficult. Seriously. How?! http://www.hg.org/defamation.html http://www.hg.org/defamation.html

shenanigoat 11y ago

The best bullying prevention is to never sign up for this garbage. "If you haven’t registered for the site, and thus can’t contest those negative ratings, your profile only shows positive reviews."

dshen2 11y ago
You're still vulnerable to: '5 stars - I'm rating this 5 stars to make sure everyone sees it: This person is (a rapist|a psycho roommate|unstable|a sexual predator|a heroin addict||a paedophile). (Long personable sincere story explaining above).'

SeerWS 11y ago

This is particularly worrisome for people with unique names. John Smith doesn't have to worry as much because he could claim "that's not me". But I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the world with my name and that makes this less fair for me.