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For example, if I had one of these applications, people would probably type things in the “Most Likely To” part like: be an asshole,
furrow his brow, drink whiskey. While this sounds pretty cool in theory, unfortunately, people mostly write meaningless shit like: drop their keys in the toilet, lose their cell
phone, wear pigtails…teehee! Pretty-fucking-lame as I'm sure you can tell.

Where this gets kind of fun however, is when it allows you to leave feedback about a person anonymously. One of the things that I always wondered
though, was if this process was actually anonymous—so I decided to test it out. I found a girl on my friends list who I hadn't talked to in probably five years, and
who had the application, and wrote the following: “Christy was raped in a roadside ditch by a band of escaped inmates.”

I checked back the next day, gleefully hoping that my “anonymous feedback” would be posted for all the Facebook world to see.
Unfortunately, I realized after I wasn't able to find my addition anywhere on her page, that much like a comment on MySpace, the user has to approve the feedback for it to be
posted.

Well that's fucking great, let’s allow people to post whatever they want in the hopes of inducing some menial level of candor, and then allow
for strict mother-Russia levels of censorship. What a brilliant fucking idea. This is like asking someone what they really think about you and then punching them in the mouth
when they say something you don't like. Oh wait, that's actually a pretty cool idea, whereas as this shit is lame, useless, and boring.

Grade: D

While in theory a cool idea, mostly used for meaningless bullshit. And the fact that you can censor the content renders these apps utterly fucking
useless. Points for fostering creativity though.

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