What a shame...
Products like this make me sad. Is it actually going to help anyone? Doubt it. Will it make people feel bad about themselves? Most likely.
Why do we continue being so shallow?
I totally understand that first step of attraction to someone is most likely their looks. But to then add a 'popularity' contest to it. Assign 'winners' and 'losers'. I mean, seriously?! Why would you want to be gamified like this? If you were in a bar and same thing happened, the 'attractive' people had to go one side of the bar, the others to the other end. It sounds ridiculous because it is.
I imagine the people who use these apps are exactly the kind of people I wouldn't want to be matched with.
And I wouldn't put my 'attractiveness rating' in the hands of anyone who thinks this is a good idea.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder still always trumps.
If I put a picture of myself on the internet and asked anyone and everyone to rate me, would I likely feel shit after? Probably. No matter how many good comments I got, it would only take a few bad ones to get to you.
I. Just. Don't. Get. It.
@tanktopjosh what's your attractiveness rating on the app?
@bentossell Hey Ben, we get a lot of strong similar first reactions until people FRIVIL themselves. Have you given the app a shot? It's not our intention to hurt your feelings. In fact, we haven't really gotten much complaints from our user base in that regard. I'm ranked in the thousands but it doesn't bother me to be honest.
I like seeing how I do everyday, I compare my ranking to my friends (and investors) and take friendly jabs at them when I beat them, I switch up my profile pic to see how different ones do, I check my matches every night and if I like them I send 'em a message.
@tanktopjosh Unfortunately as I strongly disagree with the the point of the app I won't be downloading it.
Of course it wouldn't bother someone being ranked highly. It would bother someone who consistently was ranked low. Why would they use the app? Everyday seeing that someone didnt think they were very attractive? Not a great product loop IMO.
My feelings aren't hurt at all. I just think it's a real shame that some products take this angle.
Totally get that using Tinder you are judging someone visually and thats often as far as you go. But it's not so in your face 'People think you are ugly' - who would want to even expose themselves to the possibility of that?!
Interested to hear what your user numbers are like. How many users come back often? How many come back after getting negative results vs those getting positive results?
@bentossell Does the app actually say "People think you are ugly"? I don't see that anywhere. I think the app is fun and funny. It's not for everyone, and that's OK.
I think you're reading more into how you feel about a human behavior than this specific app. I also think you're being exaggeratory in your judgment, and being dramatic takes away from your point. Some people like rating and being rated, and I don't think there's an objective level of disgust that can be reasoned.
@thetylerhayes I don't think it needs to say that, but it certainly implies it in scenarios.
totally get that it's not for everyone but I'm voicing the opinions that I'm sure many will share. Even the business insider article referenced above points in the same direction.
@zefareu this seems like it took a lot of work to create. It's sad that effort couldn't be used to create something that would actually benefit society.
@thejeremycarson@zefareu Hey Jeremy! FRIVIL did take a good amount of effort to think through & create (thanks!). While we may not "benefit society" in your eyes, people certainly can benefit from FRIVIL in their own way - i.e., finding a date/match/chatting with someone interesting.
Co-founder of FRIVIL here. I'm 1/2 of our American-born co-founding team that is currently residing in India (long story, don't ask). The idea behind FRIVIL is straightforward - find out how attractive you are & match with people as attractive as you. How does it work? Simple, you tap on who you find more attractive 👆, get to see how attractive you are 👀, and every night at 9 PM we match you up with people based on that score 🕘.
The "seeing how attractive you are" part seems to be engaging people the most thus far. As the great philosopher Kanye West once said, "we're all self-conscious, I'm just the first to admit it." 🙏 We've built a sexy dashboard and everyone seems to really like finding out their daily score, who they won/lost against, and switching up their pic/caption to see how their score changes.
Anyway, Go FRIVIL Yourself 😎.
PS - Yes, I'm prepared to be ripped as "superficial", "judgmental", etc. Business Insider did something like that but ended up revising their headline (http://www.businessinsider.in/th...). I'll keep it 💯 with the PH community, so go for it.
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