Yep! Rate people you know from 1-5 and say good or bad things about them. That just sounds like a GREAT idea, huh? Two blondes came up with it. My first thought is, "this is going to get them hurt". It will likely cause suicides, someone will call a nut a "nut" and the nut will think, "ok, my life is over, so is yours (whoever wrote it) and then the people who put the APP out will become targets.
 
Why would anyone think it is a good idea to have an APP to rate people? There are tons of people with low self esteem, people who have been stalked, people who are being stalked or bullied. Yeah, this is a great idea.
 
It's called Peeple http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/10/01/coming-peeple-app-like-yelp-humans/73146488/
 
Other stories using Google news (or you can just search peeple): https://www.google.com/search?q=peeple&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMIp87ctZCiyAIVyJmACh1vww6X&biw=1366&bih=712
 
You may have seen it, there have been online stories everywhere since yesterday. Coming to your neighborhood in November.
 
I just really cannot imagine why anyone would think this is a good idea... this is sad. I hope it gets stopped before it starts.
 
meowmeowbeenz....
 
J
 
 
 

I rate each of the blonds a 1. 

So from reading the article, it's basically an app created for high school girls over the age of 21? 

We laugh now.  Someday those two dumb broads will probably be multi-millionaires from the idea (like that Twitter crap).
 
*Sigh...* 

I think they're doing this to get back at me 

"all reviews must be made under your real name."
"The creators say the app will ban profanity, sexism and discussion of private health conditions."
 
Either this will have to be a fabulously unsucessful project, or someone is going to have to invent a robot that will be able to discriminate among some possibly pretty sophisticated sarcastic and personal comments, as well as determine that you are who you claim to be. Otherwise it would be way too much work for a couple of ladies who think you can reduce character to a scale of 1 to 5. This forum's robot couldn't even manage suspicious until recently.
 

I suspect we'll see comments like the following, taken from high school English essays:
 
1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
 
2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underwear in a dryer without Cling Free.
 
3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
 
4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli and he was room-temperature beef.
 
5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
 
6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
 
7. He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
 
8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a surcharge-free ATM.
 
9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
 
10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
 
11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 instead of 7:30.
 
12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
 
Of course, those two blonds could be sly little foxes. Consider the following:
 
A blonde and lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and turns to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists (as lawyers are wont to do) and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun. He says, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5 and vice versa."

Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep. The lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $500." This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no end to the torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question, "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in her purse, pulls out a $5 bill and hands it to the lawyer. "Okay," says the lawyer, "your turn."

She asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?" The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references…no answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and Google’s the internet…still no answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mail to all his friends and coworkers, all to no avail. After an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500.
 
The blonde says, "Thank you," and turns back to get some sleep. The lawyer, more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?" Without a word, the blonde reaches in her purse, hands the lawyer $5 and goes back to sleep.

TheMaartian
I suspect we'll see comments like the following, taken from high school English essays:
 
1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
 
2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underwear in a dryer without Cling Free.
 
3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
 
4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli and he was room-temperature beef.
 
5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
 
6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
 
7. He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
 
8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a surcharge-free ATM.
 
9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
 
10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
 
11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 instead of 7:30.
 
12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
 
Of course, those two blonds could be sly little foxes. Consider the following:
 
A blonde and lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and turns to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists (as lawyers are wont to do) and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun. He says, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5 and vice versa."

Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep. The lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $500." This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no end to the torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question, "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in her purse, pulls out a $5 bill and hands it to the lawyer. "Okay," says the lawyer, "your turn."

She asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?" The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references…no answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and Google’s the internet…still no answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mail to all his friends and coworkers, all to no avail. After an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500.
 
The blonde says, "Thank you," and turns back to get some sleep. The lawyer, more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?" Without a word, the blonde reaches in her purse, hands the lawyer $5 and goes back to sleep.

I'm afraid the above is of too high a quality for these forums. 

Seems like a bad comment could easily open a traceable route to a defamation lawsuit.

https://en.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation

So maybe people would just say good stuff?

jbowTwo blondes came up with it.

Hi Julien-


You don't think it's a good idea to rate people, but you kinda just did (a whole bunch of people.)
 
I think Peeple is a horrible idea and I hope it dies a swift death, but what on earth does the color of their hair have to do with it? That just perpetuates a tired old stereotype, IMO. I doubt you would have said "Two brunettes came up with it." The fact that they're blonde doesn't really add any relevant info; it's just a not-so-subtle dig at blondes. You didn't even bother to mention their gender either, apparently assuming it was self-evident. You do realize that there are blonde males, too, right?
 
I'm brunette, BTW ;)! I just don't think some stereotypes are OK while others aren't.
 
-Susan