People are refusing to believe that the Peeple app is actually going to be a real thing

Even in the age of Donald Trump potentially becoming the leader of the free world, viral Ronnie Pickering videos and a vigilante known as "Wanksy" who goes around painting penises on potholes, the announcement of Peeple - an app that allows users to "rate" everyone they know out of five - has been met with a collective exclamation of "surely not?!".

The app, which is reportedly set to be released in November, will let people rate humans in three categories - personal, professional or romantic - and once a review is up, it cannot be taken down.

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• Peeple founders Nicole McCullough and Julia Cordray

While the app's founders insist that Peeple will be a force for good and the Washington Post even reports that the company's shares are worth $7.6 million (as of Monday), the real people of the internet are unconvinced - pointing out the clear privacy violation issues, the seemingly high chances of the founders being sued for libel and just how utterly awful the world has become:

Hmm.

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