With EnemyGraph it’s possible to create lists of enemies on Facebook: has the era of good friends and “likes” ended? Let’s find out more about how it works.
Facebook has founded its cornerstone on 1-to-1 interaction between people who decide to become “friends” on the virtual platform.
Sweeping away the do-goodism and positivity of the 2.0 social relationship, comes an application that instead makes lists of enemies its main feature.
It’s called “EnemyGraph” and was conceived and developed by Dean Terry of the University of Texas: why not unite people also on the basis of things they dislike?
Since the “Dislike” button on Facebook does not exist, with “EnemyGraph” you can at least express a dramatic disapproval towards someone or something.
What’s more: once you’ve flagged people, groups, or pages to the enemies application, you’ll receive an alert every time one of our friends expresses agreement with a “like”.
This aspect is called a “dissonance report” and aims to ignite debate among the people involved.
The intention of the creator of this application is not warlike but playful, since he states that just as the term “friend” on Facebook is often overrated or used in a very broad sense, so too the word “enemy” is not meant to be understood in a strictly literal sense.
More than actual hate, “EnemyGraph” aims to express dislikes, something not foreseen by the current Facebook.
However, there are limitations to the use of the enemies application: you cannot designate someone as an enemy if they are not on your friends list or pages you do not follow.
Furthermore, it is impossible to mark someone as an enemy if they are not using “EnemyGraph” themselves.
As with all rules, however, there is an exception: the only people who can be “hated” dramatically even without a direct connection to the friends list or the app itself are VIPs and famous personalities.
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