The only thing that I dislike about Facebook is the fact that you cannot 'dislike' anything in it. It's all about being positive, liking stuff and being all goody-goody, but not anymore. Recently launched app 'EnemyGraph', lets' you add enemies to your profile.

Not only can you add your "friends" as enemies, but also add places, pages, groups, organizations,movies, books or celebrities to your list. As soon as you declare someone or something as your enemy, it starts to appear on your profile, but is visible only to those who are using EnemyGraph.

Now, let's not take the word enemy literally here, it's more of a figurative declaration that one makes. I like the way the creators of this app put it, "In a way we are misusing the word 'enemy' just as much as Facebook and others have misused 'friend'."

The app has been developed by a professor, Dean Terry and two University of Texas students Bradley Griffith and Harrison Massey. They like to call this app a social media blasphemy. Their belief is that it's not only affinities towards something or someone that brings people together, according to them people also get connected and motivated by the things they dislike. Sometimes common enmity towards something can turn out to be a solid foundation for a friendship.

Here's what Terry shares in a recent blog post:

"Facebook runs queries to find affinities. EnemyGraph runs what we call dissonance queries. So if you have said you like, say, Portlandia on your profile page, and in our app one of your friends has declared them an “enemy” we will post this “dissonance report” in the app. In other words we point out a difference you have with a friend and offer it up for conversation, as opposed to a similarity. Relationships always include differences, and often these differences are a critical part of the fabric of a friendship. In the country club atmosphere of Facebook and it’s platform such differences are ignored. It’s not part of their “social philosophy”."

In reference to whether Facebook will let them continue with this social blasphemy, Terry says "We give them a couple of weeks at best before they shut us down."

Terry also discussed misuse of this potentially evil application. He likes to see it this way, "Beyond the obvious fact that every tool can be misused ours is all opt in." Also, one should remember that only the users of this app can see other user's enemies.

After taking this app for a spin, here's what I found:

I have zero enemies and have been declared enemy by nobody. That's because none of my friends are not using this app yet. I also found that I can declare an 'Archenemy' and can view my 'social dissonance' between my friends and me.

Top trending enemies on EnemyGraph are:

Justin Bieber (no surprise there)
Fake Tans
God (Now that's a surprise)
Thomas Friedman

Top enemies in the app are:

Rick Santorum (Politician)
Westboro Baptist Church (Community)
Fox News (Media/News)
Racism (Group)
Twilight Series (no surprise here either)

So, what do you say? Do you think it'll be a good idea to declare your enemies openly or do you think Facebook won't even let this app take-off? Share your views in the comment section below.

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