Positivity Matters.

I went from a relatively unknown 34-year-old entrepreneur from Canada to unintentionally becoming a trending topic on Facebook and Twitter in less than 24 hours.

I wish I could say it was for something positive, but it wasn’t.

If you haven’t heard, I’m the CEO and co-founder of Peeple, which I mistakenly nicknamed to the Washington Post as the “Yelp for People”.

The question I received the most is “This must be a hoax. You’re not seriously going to create this are you?” The answer is: It’s real but not in the way it's currently being portrayed. We are in fact creating an app called Peeple and have every intention of releasing it at the end of November.

Except, there is one thing I must tell you; this has always been a positivity app.

Peeple will not be a tool to tell other humans how horrible they are. Actually, it’s the exact opposite.

Peeple is a POSITIVE ONLY APP. We want to bring positivity and kindness to the world.

And now I’m going to use myself as an example for what can happen when negative comments can be made about you without your approval.

Since the interview with The Washington Post, I’ve received death threats and extremely insulting comments aimed at me, my investors, and my family on almost every social media tool possible. I hope now if nothing else by watching me you can clearly see why the world needs more love and positivity.

Here’s the catch. I can’t delete any of them. They are there forever for the world to see.

That’s not the world I want to live in and neither should you.

I have surrounded myself with positive people for 34 years and I don’t plan on changing it now.

That’s why Peeple is focused on the positive and ONLY THE POSITIVE as a 100% OPT-IN system. You will NOT be on our platform without your explicit permission. There is no 48 hour waiting period to remove negative comments. There is no way to even make negative comments. Simply stated, if you don’t explicitly say “approve recommendation”, it will not be visible on our platform.

I want the world to be positive and this is how I’m going to inspire it by creating the world’s largest positivity app.

Be part of the positive revolution. https://youtu.be/P2aRE-aEzbQ

Join Peeple today. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/peeple-hiring-cto-co-founder-julia-cordray?trk=prof-post

Julia