The people-rating app, Peeple, isn’t dead yet, but it sounds like it’s getting worked over to be “ALL POSITIVITY!!!” after much negative backlash. 
Tag Archives: Social networks
Facebook glitch leads to marriage
Opening his flip-phone, Schuler Benson found he was logged into a stranger’s account. Fast forward 6 years and set that phone chime to wedding bells!
Virginia Tech ex-student pleads guilty to Yik Yak massacre threat
Ki Ung “Eddie” Moon said the stress of final exams, smoking too much marijuana and hallucinations made him do it.
LinkedIn set to pay $13 million compensation over its email persistence
LinkedIn says it did nothing wrong but admits it could have been clearer about sending reminder emails to prospective connections.
Prepare to be rated on a 5-star scale by ‘Peeple’, like it or not
Anybody can create a profile for you on the upcoming app, just like you’re a restaurant, with no opt-out.
Snowden joins Twitter, follows the agency that follows everyone else
Edward Snowden signs up for Twitter, promises cat pics and asks about border control on Mars.
Facebook unfriending was the last straw in workplace bullying case
Unfriending someone on Facebook can be “indicative of unreasonable behaviour”, a court found.
What are you more afraid of – sharks or selfies?
People have died taking selfies while posing with live grenades, falling from bridges, and running with bulls. Is death by selfie really a big problem?
Cyberbullying is worse than face-to-face bullying, teens say
After all, cyberbullying can happen around the clock, it’s relentless, and it’s driven by crowd behaviour.
US senator blocks proposed surveillance law opposed by Facebook and Google
Lobbying pressure from an alliance of big internet companies and civil liberties groups – and the resistance of one steadfast US senator – forced the Senate Intelligence Committee to withdraw proposed legislation requiring social media companies to report “terrorist activity” to the government.