Million social media users, including Chrissy Teigen blasted new app that will let users rate their friends, colleagues and other people with a scale 1 to 5.
People, dubbed the 'Yelp for humans' went trending on Twitter after the Washington Post profiled the app, which is due to be released in November. Viewers can rate you even if you did not join the account.
Many people blasted the platform, including Chrissy Teigen and labelled the app for bullies and said the idea was horrible and scary.
"In an age where both truth and gossip on the Internet can literally ruin lives, this #peeple app is horrible AND scary," John Legend's wife wrote on Twitter.
"This is a real app. It needs not to be... We have to make sure our kids/teens stand a freaking chance in this world."
Amid negative responses from the users, Co-founders Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough, defended their creation and insisted that they have nothing for the new app but only good intentions.
"As two empathetic, female entrepreneurs in the tech space, we want to spread love and positivity," Cordray told the Washington Post. "We want to operate with thoughtfulness."
In response to the people's concern, they said that "bullying would never be tolerated...and would violate [the site's] terms and conditions," they assured that anyone caught offending others will be removed from the app.
In an interview with Newsweek, Cordray said that the latest app is all about positivity, "This is a positivity app, and we do not mean any harm," she explained to the media outlet. "This isn't about that."
She said that the app aims to uplift people and "We all deserve to know who the best of the best are," adding that the app includes "integrity features" to keep users accountable. "There's a lot of misunderstandings of the way the app actually works," she added.
