A new app was launched recently and it was called "Peeple". This app allowed its users to rate people using a star system. A clip was made based off of this app called Nosedive and this clip showed everyone using this ranking system and everyone saw each other's ranks when they see their face. A person with a high rank would be friendly to those lower than her rank and would be awkward around those with a higher rank than them. Now, the question is if our society would end up like the society in Nosedive. Many believe that the representation of society in Nosedive is pretty close to society today while other believed otherwise. In my opinion, I believe we as a society is moving closer to the society represented in Nosedive but it wouldn't dictate our life like how it was in the clip. It is true that everyone is "ranked" with their likes and followers and two real life examples would actually be Instagram and Facebook. Everyone judges each other behind the screen but I don't think that it would be so bad that these likes and follows would affect how people treat us on a daily basis. Although we have apps that allow us to like and follower whoever we choose, I don't think apps like Peeple is practical since everyone has a different opinion and no one should be basing their action off of their status. A guy in the Nosedive clip had a ranking of 3.5 and bought everyone drinks but people were still talking behind his back. It was as if only the ranking matters and not the personality.
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