October 01, 2015
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Peeple is expected to launch in the iOS App store in November.
Rating apps and websites have become part of our social culture. People use them to review restaurants, hotels, college courses and more.
But what about rating other people?
A new application called Peeple, expected to launch in November, will allow users to do exactly that.
On its website, the company explains that the Peeple app allows us "to better choose who we hire, do business with, date, become our neighbours, roommates, landlords/tenants, and teach our children."
“People do so much research when they buy a car or make those kinds of decisions,” Julia Cordray, one of the app’s founders, told The Washington Post in an interview. “Why not do the same kind of research on other aspects of your life?”
So how does it work?
Users can rate and be rated in the following three categories: professionally, personally and romantically.
Positive ratings are posted immediately, while negative ratings are saved in a private inbox for 48 hours. Users have that amount of time to "work it out" with the person who posted it before it goes live. They can also report any bullying.
Even before its launch, Peeple is receiving backlash from social media users.
In an age where both truth and gossip on the Internet can literally ruin lives, this #peeple app is horrible AND scary #yelpforhumans???
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 1, 2015
That #peeple app isn’t just a bad joke??! #yikes #nothanks
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) October 1, 2015
Seriously, do @gma ever just pull the plug on segments? Please pull it on #Peeple? This is pretty much guaranteed to hurt people.
— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) October 1, 2015
Not only is it the most irresponsible, destructive, and insane app idea I've ever heard, it's just a magnet for lawsuits. #Failbomb #Peeple
— Life With Teens (@Marysmuse) October 1, 2015
That time when #peeple creator complained about not being able to regulate negative reviews. Oh, the sweetest irony. pic.twitter.com/TlLAZHSIOU
— Shane (@Sarge_87) October 1, 2015
What do you think?
Read more from The Washington Post here.
