Hot or Not App is not as bad as it seems
Graphic by Clara Ilkka
February 17, 2014
Are you Hot or Not? Is an App that lets people rate you based on looks moralistic?
The app Hot or Not was recently released on iTunes. They have over 190 million members. People around you rate you based on a picture and if you both are interested in each other based on a photo you begin to chat on the app. Should you decide to start chatting with someone just based on a photo you find attractive? Does this app boost confidence or make members self conscious?
The app is very straight forward, you decide whether the person is hot or not based on their picture.
“You put a few pictures of yourself on your profile. Then the app just gives you random people to rate hot or not, if you think someone is hot and they think you are hot then the app connects you both so you can chat,” said senior Dan Smetana. “I never got into any of that. It was pretty fun for a while though.”
Users are not usually looking for a real relationship with anyone on the App and are just using it for entertainment.
Smetana said, “I started using it because I thought it could be fun, I wasn’t trying to meet anyone from it, I was just planning to mess around on it for a while.”
Users are interested to see the score that they have received from people either liking or disliking their picture.
Senior Nate Branwall said, “It’s not a super fun app just was addicting and fun to see your score. I didn’t use it to hook up with girls which it’s made for.”
The app is simple to use and that is a reason so many people are beginning to use it.
“I like the app because it is super simple. A person is either Hot or Not. It was a fun time killer, and it was fun to see people I’ve never seen before,” said Smetana.
Most the time you don’t see pictures of people you know, but it does happen sometimes.
Smetana said, “I saw my cousin on there once, that was pretty weird. That’s when I stopped using it. It’s more fun rating people you’ve never met, than people you know.”
The app can raise your self esteem if you are happy with the score you receive.
Smetana said, “I was happy with my results and it was a solid confidence booster.”
The Hot or Not app is an app that people use for entertainment and students are not looking for a relationship through the app, it is more for entertainment. Students don’t feel self conscious from the app, it is usually a confidence booster.
Carson Kuball • Apr 2, 2014 at 12:34 am
This article does a good job of telling readers what the Hot or Not app is all about. It’s informative and allows readers to make decisions on their opinions and morality of the app. Your quotes were good and added a little humor to the story- which was also good!
Jasmine Amos • Feb 24, 2014 at 7:49 pm
The headline of this article was really grasping because social media is something everyone cares about. The article was really informational for the app, and made me agree that it wasn’t too bad.
erin dickie • Feb 19, 2014 at 4:15 pm
This article pulled me in with the title because I wanted to read about what was said supporting that. After reading this, I agree it doesn’t seem that bad. This was a nicely written article and did a good job explaining what the app is.
Alex Magler • Feb 19, 2014 at 2:02 pm
I think you did a very good job knowing what this app was all about and giving helpful information letting us know what the app was about.
Luke Weisbrod • Feb 19, 2014 at 3:59 am
Personally, I don’t rate people by their looks; a mind can be just as hot as a body. Coming back to the article, nice use of quotes to get me re-interested when I was starting to slip away. Great job!
Zak Mantel • Feb 19, 2014 at 2:24 am
I never really knew what the Hot or Not app was, so when I saw an article on it I was curious to read it. I think the article was well written, and I have a much better understanding as to what it is and how it works. I also liked Dan’s anecdote about seeing his cousin on the app – it was funny!
Shelby Kadlec • Feb 18, 2014 at 9:33 pm
I thought this article was well written and helped me understand what the app was about. I have heard of the app but I didn’t know how it worked. Very well written article and a very good source to hear from.
Travis Johnson • Feb 18, 2014 at 5:15 pm
I would agree with you, it’s not that bad. I liked how Dan’s story about seeing his cousin was on there, that was funny! You did a great job explaining how the app works, and what people use it for. The interviews help sway readers to believing that it really isn’t that bad, which adds to the article overall.