Internet shaming is about to get a whole lot worse

NY Post ^

[TigerClaws]

Idea for an ad campaign to back the new “Yelp for people” app Peeple: Because life should be more like a comments section.

The Peeple app is billed as a new breakthrough in transparency: Whether you like it or not, someone will be able to form a profile of you, and then it’s open season for anyone you’ve ever known to post their ratings of you. Ever been nasty to someone? It’s payback time.

[Yashcheritsiy]

Y’know, at this point, I’m almost rooting for an EMP.

[Seruzawa]

Great. So any loser can post any lies he wants? Time for libel suits against the providers of such viciousness.

[Berlin_Freeper]

tsk tsk

[IronJack]

I can see slander and libel suits mushrooming. It’s one thing to lambaste public figures. But to publicly impugn the character of a private individual is actionable.

[RKBA Democrat]

Oh goody! Can’t wait to rack up the “dislikes.”

[Fai Mao]

I believe this is a hoax

It seems to be one of those thing that keeps popping that is totally untrue

[basil]

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a da*n!”

[marron]

So when you’re being bashed on line, you can hire a service to monitor your on-line footprint and when necessary post made-to-order posts to rebut the negative ones.

Its going to be great.

[Shady]

So is this a new idea of the Trial Lawyers Association? A campaign to get all of the money...

[Mastador1]

Ever been nasty to someone? It’s payback time.

Hell yes I have, when I have been pushed, but always to someone's face, not out in the ether like a little gutless backdoor prick.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I Know What You Did Last Summer.

[Dr. Sivana]

The recipients of money will be those services who put up scads of fake positive comments to bury the real negative ones.

[G Larry]

So, I don’t FB or Tweet and my set of FReeper detractors are pretty well known, but only by screen name.

So, what are my risks?

[varyouga]

thought of this before Yelp existed but I knew the jealous and idiots would make a clown show of it.

In case you didn’t know, restaurant owners HATE Yelp because many fools use it as a threat to get free things. There are countless anti-yelp sites for that reason.

[equaviator]

Feeling the shame, are they? Well, shame on them for being so shameful. They have only themselves to blame.

[cripplecreek]

Good thing I have no shame.

[bronxville]

Bingo

[Viking2002]

Yeah, I'm kinda waiting for the whole Internet to finally implode on itself. I really don't give a rat's ass what anybody thinks about me one way or the other, actually.

[Crim]

Liberalism = mob rule.

This is just another way to sic the mob on you.