ioia – n.the wish that you could see statistics overlaid on every person you encounter – checking the signal strength of their compatibility, a measure of their trustworthiness.
I subscribe to the NFL Plus mobile package every year and watch various games on my phone/tablet as I have time. Often I watch some while working on the ranch, cutting grass, shopping in the grocery, etc. I bring this up as there are a few viewing options in the package. I can watch the normal game broadcast, but I can also see one with stats. This looks similar to the image below:
I thought I would enjoy this, but I don’t. I don’t mind some stats at times, but I don’t like when there is an overlay while the players are in action.
The idea of ioia being always overlaid on what I see, ala the Apple Vision or Google Glass views, would be annoying, and distracting. Already people checking mobiles is annoying.
If I could control the display, and dismiss it, then maybe ioia is something I’d embrace. Of course, there’s still the concern with data quality as a lot of ratings for people are very subjective.
From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows