![]() ![]() What might also be interesting is to pull the EXIF data from your friend’s shared smartphone images to figure out when and where they’ve snapped the photo. Since the app claims to be an experiment in anti-social media, it may never make it past the conceptual stage and implement support for other location-based services like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, which all support location features. What’s interesting about this implementation of the anti-social network is that Hell is Other People doesn’t just tell you where your friends are by way of check ins, but it also maps out “safe zones,” or areas where you’d be unlikely to bump into said friends. You know those times when the idea of running into someone you know sounds worse than pulling your fingernails out individually? Well, if you do, then you might want to download Hell is Other People. We’ve seen the handful of apps that help you “randomly” run into your acquaintances – well, this one does exactly the opposite. If you’d actually use this app in earnest, the last thing you want is to bump into said “friends” and have to suffer through superficial chatter anyway. It’s a very simple concept: Sign into your Foursquare account so you can know the exact areas not to go to, since your friends would be around. Regardless of the app’s existence as something of a commentary on the state of the social Web, there are practical applications for Hell is Other People. ![]()
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