And More Peeple

Posted by Melissa McEwan at Friday, October 02, 2015
[Content Note: Hostility to consent; stalking; abuse.]

There is some suspicion this morning, based largely on this Snopes article, which is hardly conclusive, that Peeple is a hoax. And a number of people, possibly in anticipation of the possibility that it was all some big fucked-up social experiment, are making noises to distance themselves from the outrage, by way of claiming they don't even care about it anyway blah blah fart.

I don't know if Peeple will turn out to be a hoax, or a social experiment, or a colossal scam by two attention-seeking assholes, or a real app that will really stumble its way into hideous existence next month. But I have a few thoughts on the possibility it was not exactly what it seems.

screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'If #Peeple turns out to be a hoax, it's not 'amazing' or 'hilarious.' It's unfathomably cruel to have made so many ppl frightened & anxious.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'I'm already tired of 'the response to #Peeple restores my faith in humanity' when the response is largely driven by panicked survivors.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'If your faith in humanity rests upon vulnerable people--survivors, trans and LGB people, harassed women--freaking out, reexamine your life.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'Meanwhile, the very ppl who are angry about #Peeple out of our own self-preservation will be called oversensitive hysterics if it's a hoax.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'Our outrage restores faith in humanity if #Peeple is real, but will be mocked as oversensitive hysteria if it's not. Mark my fucking words.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'Either way, by apathetic louts who distance themselves from harmed people by using us as inspiration or subjecting us to ridicule. #Peeple'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'If you don't care about #Peeple, that means you don't HAVE to care about it. Which is a luxury of privilege lots of us simply do not have.'
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