Peeple app to debut in November: rate people like you would rate a business on yelp
10-01-2015, 01:45 PM
I doubt this will ever get off the ground but should it, the only way to protect yourself is by having multiple phones.
Quote: (10-01-2015 07:30 AM)eradicator Wrote:
Edit, oh I see, if you don't register, only the positive reviews are shown that people make of you. That is a huge deterrent to making an account. I'll just never make an account, and then not have to worry about potential negative reviews.
Quote: (10-01-2015 02:54 PM)Eirykr Wrote:
Even the SJWs are getting in on the beat down. No one wants it.
Looks like this app is dying in the crib.
Quote: (10-01-2015 01:45 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:
I doubt this will ever get off the ground but should it, the only way to protect yourself is by having multiple phones.
Quote: (10-01-2015 10:43 AM)General Stalin Wrote:
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Quote: (10-01-2015 06:44 AM)eradicator Wrote:
The company, which is valued at $7.6 million
This company hasn't even done anything yet and it's already valued at $7.6 mio? I need to start getting into the IP business. Easy money.
I don't see how this doesn't violate defamation laws through libel. This is essentially a database where you can document potentially negative opinions on people that anyone could look up that could damage one's reputation and easily cause social and professional damage.
2/10 WNB
It's not illegal to share true information about someone, even if could be harmful to their reputation.
The company can plead ignorance if anyone uses their application to tell lies about other people. They'll be able to argue that doing so was never the intended use of their product.
But is is illegal to claim/publish false defamatory information which I predict many would do, and in the eyes of the United States Supreme Court, it is also illegal to claim/publish defamatory opinions as they cannot be proven true - the US Supreme Court does not recognize Opinion Privilege in cases of Defamation of Character.
EDIT: But you are correct in that the company itself may not be held liable for content that it's user-base creates.
Quote: (10-01-2015 02:54 PM)Eirykr Wrote:
Interestingly though, they got government investment to help create the app, and hilariously said they are "under confidentiality agreements" not to disclose which branch gave it to them.
Looks like this app is dying in the crib.
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It seemed one thing about Peeple was clear: the premise of the purported app itself was so frightening that few who learned about it stopped to check McCullogh and Cordray’s receipts. The diversion created by dumping news of a new, privacy-invading social media function sufficiently diffused any checking into whether Peeple was likely to get off the ground anytime soon. As it stands, the concept of Peeple was virtually non-existent until August 2015, and its founders didn’t appear to take into account that another app of the same name existed previously.
Any and all “work” on the app was primarily documented via YouTube video before September 2015, and most attempts to discern whether or how the app worked were met with vague answers about “beta testing” in November 2015. No details were released about the app’s technical specs, and again, its invasive nature sparked so much debate that the story reached viral mass almost instantly with no corroborating information provided. Which is not to say Peeple isn’t going to hit the app store in November, but it hasn’t been in production very long (if it’s not a hoax), and its founders appear to have cobbled together a PR campaign in a matter of weeks with no detail backing it up.