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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If I was going to make something like this, it would have to incorporate trust chains. I don't care if some maga-hat says this lady is horrible. I care if my good friend Alex says she's horrible. One person's "this person won't shut up about communism" is a big red flag (no pun intended) but for someone else that's the dream.

When you sign up, you'd need to be referred to someone or be a root node. Anyone connected to you can be weighted differently. If some section of the tree is misbehaving, prune it.

But that's a lot of work

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Same thing should be done with product reviews, and social media comments, etc., etc.

Really if someone makes a robust way to have a trust chain that integrates into the Internet at large, that would prevent a whole universe of problems we have in modern society.

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[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

I like where you're going with this!

[–] percent@infosec.pub 47 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Kinda wild that app stores allow something like that. I wonder how long it'll take for someone to build the same up, but with the roles reversed: Men anonymously talking about local women 😬

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In theory it should be fine the problem is women always assume bad intent on the part of men, and good intent on the part of other women despite a fairly obvious fact that that's ridiculous.

The problem is there doesn't seem to be any system in place for review or correction. What if there someone who just doesn't like me and posts photos and lies about me? Not only would I have no opportunity to correct the record, but unless someone I knew who was on the app told me about it, I wouldn't even know because men aren't allowed on.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As someone who's stayed away from creating accounts like Facebook the concept of being encouraged to share photos and real identities of people who haven't consented to being on the social media site is really creepy to me.

Its like some random social media account shows up and you never signed up but a profile for you has already been made and has all these photos you never even shared on there because someone chose to upload them in your place.

I'd rather people choose not to associate with people who don't have an account that has vetted on safety than be opted into something like this without choice.

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[–] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 46 points 1 week ago

This is fucked up.

[–] hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 week ago

This is psychotic.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Back in the Google Glass days, I theorized that it wouldn’t be long before you could look at a person walking down the street and near instantaneously have a full profile of that individual, their age and address and family and everything, with Yelp-style reviews commenting on how the subject is a huge dick, or has a huge dick, or kicks puppies, etc. “Free”, of course, encumbered only by ads for bullshit dating services, and with just the minor inconvenience of full access to every goddamn piece of data on your phone.

I am only surprised that this kinda shit hasn’t happened much much earlier.

There is, unsurprisingly, a Black Mirror episode about this.

"★★☆☆☆ Not a meaningful encounter"

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I think some student used AI along with the Meta sunglasses with cameras to do exactly this and it's creepy how much info about you is just out there

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Thank God we have the GDPR in Europe.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Many states in the US have similar regulations. For example, California’s regulations are famously similar to GDPR.

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[–] apex32@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

From the first one

One profile the New Times uncovered supposedly of a philandering ex-boyfriend was actually a gay man who had spurned a woman's advances.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 33 points 1 week ago

There's no way a libel database could be a bad business model

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Friendly reminder that Facebook started as FaceMash, an app for men at Harvard to rate the attractiveness of women.

Both are bad. At least these women are nominally using it for safety and not just looks rating.

Finally, I would be really darn cautious of using any app like FaceMash or Tea. Seems like a great way to get sued for defamation. Or to become the target of escalated behavior of one of the bad ones.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I know one of the false electors from the 2020 election. They met their wife on Hot or Not.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a weird place some societies have come to.

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How is this not a stalking app?

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

People should bombard them with DSAR requests.

If you’re in a state that support data subject removal requests, like California, email support@teatheapp.com and say this is a formal DSAR request to remove all of your PII.

They have 45 days to follow through.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

This is a nightmare. Some mentally deficient vigilante with delusions of grandeur and a fist full of painkillers would use this as a hit list.
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