{"id":7880,"date":"2016-03-08T09:12:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2021-08-26T18:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:27:28","slug":"what-is-you-threw-an-app-and-nobody-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2016\/03\/08\/what-is-you-threw-an-app-and-nobody-came\/","title":{"rendered":"What if you threw an App and nobody came?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; display: inline;\" title=\"Peeple App\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.themis-media.com\/media\/global\/images\/library\/deriv\/1293\/1293480.jpg\" alt=\"Peeple App\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019m hoping that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen with Peeple.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, the application that should <strong>NEVER<\/strong> have been written <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/news\/view\/166743-Peeple-Yelp-for-People-App-What-You-Should-Know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debuted yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You remember, the application that will let you know someone is \u201c<em>Reviewing<\/em>\u201d you via email but that you\u2019ll have to join to refute any comments.<\/p>\n<p>You know, the app that will essentially enable cyber-bullying but claims it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The app that once you\u2019ve joined, will allow you to \u201c<strong><em>hide<\/em><\/strong>\u201d but not <u>delete<\/u> any negative \u201creviews\u201d of your personality traits, business dealings, dating habits, or sexual performance.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not enabling bullying\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>RIIIIIGGGGGHHHTTTT<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019ve added a \u201c<em>New Lemon Scented\u201d<\/em> feature. A paywall that allows those who pony up the money, to see the \u201c<strong><em>hidden<\/em><\/strong>\u201d reviews. <strong>Great<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not enabling bullying\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, a bad idea, is a bad idea, no matter how much you claim it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>But in the case of the progressive Social Justice Warrior crowd where bad ideas abound\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Bullying done by SJWs is <em><strong>Justice<\/strong><\/em>, and a plate of shit, is sirloin steak.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to God this bullshit fails. Unfortunately, I know it won\u2019t, and eagerly await the first time they\u2019re named in a cyber stalking or bullying law suit.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, keep an eye on your email folks. You\u2019re being reviewed and you\u2019ll have to create a Peeple account <u>just<\/u> to defend yourself against folks that have an ax to grind.<\/p>\n<p>Wait until co-workers start savaging each other, or angry children \u201creview\u201d their parents. I don\u2019t even want to think about the kind of dirt that\u2019s going to be thrown by nasty divorces.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to sit back, make some popcorn and watch the show.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be amusing as hell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m hoping that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen with Peeple. Yep, the application that should NEVER have been written debuted yesterday. You remember, the application that will let you know someone is \u201cReviewing\u201d you via email but that you\u2019ll have to join to refute any comments. You know, the app that will essentially enable cyber-bullying but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2016\/03\/08\/what-is-you-threw-an-app-and-nobody-came\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What if you threw an App and nobody came?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,10,9],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bullshit","category-modern-problems","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10128,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions\/10128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}