Gossip

The social networks are a good tool to stay in touch with friends and family , share photos, videos, information between them”¦ However, they also have their part dangerous Something that has shown Gossip, a curious tool of gossip that, Despite its great utility for finding out what topics are hottest among our contacts, it is receiving a lot of criticism for misuse that is made of it, focusing its objective on bullying

In Gossip, after creating an anonymous profile, it is possible to access the different comment rooms or rooms where themes are arranged. We can find these rooms geolocalizadas, that is, depending on where we are, we find one or the other. Within them it is possible to launch rumors, hoaxes or news that become truthful if other users decide vote them as true , but that can also be denied if the votes are negative A system that is not exhaustive but can be entertaining or even useful to knowwhat is thought of a subject among co-workers, friends, etc

The problem lies in the misuse that is being made of this application Anonymously but publicly launching rumors or insults Something that has called the attention of the heads of several Catalan schools who have seen how their centers were the stars of gossip rooms with unfortunate and hurtful comments for some students and teachersA situation in which they have had to mediate to avoid, as far as possible, attacking the honor of these institutions and, most importantly, avoid cases of bullying or bullying

For this reason, those responsible for these centers have in contact with the families of their students, letting them know what activities are carried out thanks to this application And not only that, they have also entered into conversations with the developer of this application, since it is the only one that has power over the name of the gossip rooms, which make direct mention of some of the schools, and ultimately, over the general operation ofGossip

Crows&Dogs, name of the developer of Gossip, now try to filter comments that contain profanity, block users and moderate the operation of the application.In addition, Gossip is scheduled to receive an update shortly modifying theterms of use, increasing the minimum age to 18 years and making it clear that the person ultimately responsible of the comments is the user who publishes them

And, despite being an application with a careful appearance, a very easy-to-use interface and a most curious operation, the misuse that is made of it is what has earned it fameIs it necessary to educate the little ones to use this kind of applications and social networks in general or is it simply a tool to whichminors should not have access?

This is an application that is only available for iPhone. In addition, Free is available for full download via App Store.