37 karma · joined December 2, 2010
If anything, this last election should have exposed this. There is a whole cohort of people out there that feel they've been slighted and left behind because of the shift in manufacturing. They feel like they should still be able to go in and be a drone and get paid well enough to raise a family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocephalus_borealis
http://news.discovery.com/animals/parasite-bees-zombies-0105...
I don't see this really as a personal use application.
That said I think it has potential in the business sector. Getting feedback from people that you work with and for is very valuable for your career. How often do you really want to provide candid feedback to your manager? But how much would that candid feedback help a manager that is learning and trying to get better and advance? The same would happen in teams as well.
I think this would work well for a business to provide that positive feedback loop to help their employees target their weaknesses and improve their career chances.
Why can't Google offer something like this rather than only allowing it via a Chrome extension?