A Technological Whorehouse?

One tech innovation currently raising hackles in many Western countries is a new Facebook app called Bang With Friends.

One tech innovation currently raising hackles in many Western countries is a new Facebook app called Bang With Friends. The premise of the app is simple: it allows users to anonymously select who in their Facebook friends’ list they’d like to have sex with. A notification concealing the identity of the user is sent to the individual concerned. In case this individual reciprocates by selecting the first user, an email is sent to both, identifying them to each other. While the app has been around since January, it started gaining traction only after Apple removed an IOS version of the app from its Apple store. So far, its creators claim, over 1.1 million users have signed up for it, and it has generated over 200,000 successful matches. There is also a mobile version of the app for Android phones. Colin Hodge, one of the creators of the app, told Memeburn.com, “I think we’re in the midst of a shift in how people form and evolve relationships. We still think there’s too much taboo surrounding sex and since it’s a crucial part of healthy relationships, we should be able to straightforwardly say we’re interested.” Many, however, haven’t been particularly enthused. Writers in various papers and on websites have been using colourful phrases to describe the app. One writer called the app’s creators ‘Online Pimps’ and the application a ‘technological little whorehouse’.

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