The origins of “Rate Me” can be traced back to the turn of the millennium and the creation of the now-defunct website Hot or Not, where users could rate the attractiveness of others from one to 10. This, though, leaves the raters in a position to dish out insults and cruelty under the guise of unrepentant honesty. Often, people submit themselves to be rated as a way to try and gauge where they slot into societal beauty standards. On the hot-o-meter – one being grimly grotesque and 10 being an absolute knockout – it’s been decided that I’m a solid four. While some comments from the responding 30 faceless Redditors are more delighting than others – some are, admittedly, mortifying – the overall gist I get from the crowd roasting my appearance is that I’m bearable.
Here, adults post their best selfies and users ruthlessly score their looks on a scale from one to 10. I’m on “Rate Me”, a sub-page with more than 200,000 members. This is the constructive advice offered to me on Reddit, a discussion-based social media platform, where I am (willingly) seeking opinions from strangers about my appearance. Maybe five out of 10 without.” “Not sure why women think this kind of lipstick looks good.” “What’s going on with those eyebrows? Four point five out of 10.” “Smile!”
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