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© 2016 AFPShiseido rolls out smile-rating app
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sensei258
Then what's the point?
some14some
What woman needs is a mirror, man is there to judge her smile !
Yubaru
Just another gadget that will be used to put pressure on people. I feel sorry for the JAL women who have to test drive this app. I wonder what the company is going to do with the one's who dont reach a certain rank or score. I can just hear it now..."Oh your smile doesnt meet our new application driven idiotic standards, your fired!"
Next up, the "smile"-kentei shiken, The smile-test exam, Level 5 to Level 1, each test fee is progressively more expensive with Level 1 being 5,000 a pop. Damn money making chance here!
nath
Many call-centres been using a similar app for years, especially online shopping.
Saw a TV report about it the call centre person sees their own face next to it a percentage, the need to keep it above 90% during a call. Smiling people sound friendlier.
papigiulio
Really? Then the joker must be a super nice guy.
SenseNotSoCommon
Nothing new. Company S playing with women's self-image issues.
Break free, sisters!
backscratcher
'Sounding friendly' doesn't equate to 'being friendly'.
It would not hurt the world to have more well-meaning smiling going on, but I agree with some14some that a mirror would do just as well.
wtfjapan
lets hope they put code in the program that includes the teeth, many would fail the smile test on this alone
Novenachama
So what's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear.
smithinjapan
These apps and software are always so pointless. I like the ones where it "determines your age" because I always end up being 20 years younger and my brother-in-law, who IS 20 years younger ends up being in his 50s. This smile app, to be successful, will depend on your turning your head a certain way, showing teeth, etc.; in other words, being completely unnatural in most cases in order to score more points. You'll be sporting a SEG (you can look that up) half the time if you try to walk around with a 'good smile'.