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Is it just me or does Facestat sound like a really bad idea?

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A "light and fun" new romp of a website called Facestat (their tagline is "Market research for the individual") offers the following desperately needed service: Upload a photo and they'll ask a series of questions based on age, gender, ethnicity, intelligence (!?), attractiveness, trustworthiness, weight, relationship status and more; then they'll give you a rundown of what peers had to say when they judged said photos. The results seem to be brutal.

I guess this might be ideal for the masochist, but for us normal, sometimes-insecure-about-our-looks folk, this is some kind of Pandora's Box of hurt feelings. I have a better idea! How about Perez Hilton starts another blog for non-celebs where anyone can post their own photos, and he and his staff can trash you via scrawling witty phrases like "hag!" over your image. Sounds fun to me!

How do you like the idea of Facestat? Lame or are you already uploading your pic?

--Erin

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  • Stacie's Avatar
    Posted by Stacie Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:24pm PDT

    I think Facestat is the worst thing to hit the Internet in a good, long while. A "Pandora's Box of hurt feelings" is a great way to describe it. My description of it is "evil and must be destroyed!"

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  • Angie's Avatar
    Posted by Angie Wed Jun 4, 2008 9:36pm PDT

    I was actually pleasantly surprised that responses of my photos turned out mostly positive. There was the rare judgement from someone saying they thought I was homeless and someone said 'airtrafficcontroller' for describe me in one word. Other than that, it was good to get objective opinions from people who don't care if they hurt my feelings or not. You can't get that from most people you know. I thought it was a great idea, but then again, I'm a model so...

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