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Lets not act as though this is in anyway revolutionary, people have bitched behind other peoples backs for as long as there have been people. Bitterness, anger
by shanelja 14y ago
Lets not act as though this is in anyway revolutionary, people have bitched behind other peoples backs for as long as there have been people.
Bitterness, anger and jealousy are unfortunately some of the strongest traits we humans have, especially when it comes to our interactions with one another, this application, while on the surface immoral, is simply providing a means for this to happen online.
I don't in anyway agree with this application or the practices it supports and the tags come across as misandric but people will be people, if they don't bitch here it will be on more public venues, such as Facebook or Twitter, at least here I don't have to see the self absorbed whinging simply by virtue of never visiting the app.
That aside, I hope the creators provide some means of men removing themselves from the website or there could very soon be some kind of law suit coming there way, regardless of their contrived TOS.
- ry0ohki 14y agoI think there is a difference between people bitching in private, and it being something publicly searchable by people who just met you. One bad date and suddenly you have a reputation that follows you forever? (Assuming people used this app of course)
- shanelja 14y agoOh, definitely, that's why I added the last paragraph. That being said, I would find it a good indicator, if the person you were dating took notice of this drivel, they are probably the kind of person you don't want to be dating anyway. I think the biggest issue is the complete anonymity which is inherently given online, even if it asked for identities, these can easily be faked. What is to stop a jealous co-worker or an annoyed sister, or even a drunk friend from tarnishing your public image online by saying you treat them badly, or even worse, raped them, over an application like this?
- visarga 14y agoOr another man. Men could use this to slander their competition.
- danielweber 14y agoThis feels like someone wants to rerun the AutoAdmit fiasco [1], only this time there are investors involved. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoAdmit#Criticism_and_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoAdmit#Criticism_and_controv...
- loceng 14y agoThe unfortunate part of all of this is it could potentially perpetuate the negativs this has on relationship building, and on society as a whole. If people were on there to verify information or maybe even offer counseling of sorts to help people get through resentment, anger, jealousy, etc. then it'd be helpful - but I don't imagine anyone would use that app for that. I wonder even if any of my female friends would come forward to say contrary to what the herd is saying for fear of being ridiculed, etc..