Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
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Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#2They're doing some excellent marketing.
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#3This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#4This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
> Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked.
Then how do you explain the success of Yelp, which is basically the same thing but for businesses? Or the school system, which is already designed around rating people? Or safeorscam, which was the same thing but for drug dealers? Or LinkedIn testimonials?
Certainly there are a ton of challenges to coming up with a good implementation — business, social, epistemelogical, etc. But I think the possibility space is too large to rule out the possibility of a feasible implementation.
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#5This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
How was Peeple supposed to be used?
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#6Great way to (in)validate an idea before wasting any time on development
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#7This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
> Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. Then how do you explain the success of Yelp, which is basically the same thing but for businesses? Or the school system, which is already designed around rating people? Or safeorscam, which was the same thing but for drug dealers? Or LinkedIn testimonials? Certainly there are a ton of cha…
People != Corporations. Although I can see some similarities between Yelp and Peeple, they are for rating/reviewing two fundamentally different entities.
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#8This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
> Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. Then how do you explain the success of Yelp, which is basically the same thing but for businesses? Or the school system, which is already designed around rating people? Or safeorscam, which was the same thing but for drug dealers? Or LinkedIn testimonials? Certainly there are a ton of cha…
> Then how do you explain the success of Yelp, which is basically the same thing but for businesses?
Businesses aren't people. You can't bully a business into suicide, for example.
> Or the school system, which is already designed around rating people?
On academic merits. And sure, there's social rating, but it's not a public Internet page saying "untrustworthy liar" that anyone can find.
> Or safeorscam, which was the same thing but for drug dealers?
See businesses.
> Or LinkedIn testimonials?
Perhaps a fair comparison, but that's not evaluating objective worth or something, it's evaluating employability and is as cordial as business tends to be.
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#9This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
> Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. Then how do you explain the success of Yelp, which is basically the same thing but for businesses? Or the school system, which is already designed around rating people? Or safeorscam, which was the same thing but for drug dealers? Or LinkedIn testimonials? Certainly there are a ton of cha…
There is a significant difference between rating someone in a market context and rating someone in a social context. People hold different norms between the two, and what Peeple failed to realize is the reaction people have when those norms cross over and are violated.
Imagine rating your friend's dinner party the same way you'd rate a restaurant on Yelp, and you can get a sense of the difference.
Re: Peeple sites 'disappear' from web after backlash over app
#10This app was a really really bad idea from the start. PG and YC often tell people to look for ideas that "seem bad" but this is a whole new league. Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. I"m just surprised someone ponied up the cash to see it realised - perhaps theres an ulterior motive. I don't know.
> Even if used properly by 100% of people 100% of the time it would still be a bad idea and fundamentally could never have worked. Then how do you explain the success of Yelp, which is basically the same thing but for businesses? Or the school system, which is already designed around rating people? Or safeorscam, which was the same thing but for drug dealers? Or LinkedIn testimonials? Certainly there are a ton of cha…
> the success of Yelp
Extorting businesses to suppress bad ratings, probably.
> the school system
Do you really think the quality of education is "successful" or something to be proud about?
> LinkedIn testimonials
That's a source for good reviews, not mixed reviews.