Created: 17 September 2007 | Watched by: 11 people | Comments: 1 comment

Full text Tags only [Clear search]

[Spam reported - thank you]

• Add to my
  bookmarks

  Add comment

  2 groups
  1 person
  

  YouTube users prefer lousy science over the real deal 

  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071206-youtube-users-prefer-lousy-science-over-the-real-deal.html

  The Internet has both accelerated the dissemination of information and acted to equalize it: it's just as easy to find inaccurate information on the Web as it is to find the good stuff. The key question ... then becomes which information the average person views: do they find the good stuff, or are they soaking in all opinions equally? A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at this from the perspective of immunization information and finds that the cranks may be winning; videos with a negative depiction of immunizations had higher ratings and more views. The study should serve as a warning to public health authorities, as their material was largely ignored by YouTube viewers. The authors evaluated 153 videos based on their presentation of immunization as positive, ambiguous, or negative. It's important to note that a video could contain negative information and still be accurate, such as one that emphasizes the discomfort of shots or the possibility of   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 10 December 2007, by: Leong Soong  [Report as spam]

  Average rating (1 rating):

  1 2 3 4 5

  Tags:  journal of the american medical association, streaming, video, voting, youtube

• Add to my
  bookmarks

  Add comment

  3 groups
  1 person
  

  Google Continues To Test A Search Interface That Looks More Like Digg Every Day 

  http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/16/google-continues-to-test-a-search-interface-that-looks-more-like-digg-every-day

  A couple of days ago we posted screen shots of a new search interface being bucket tested by Google that lets users vote up or down on search results. The resulting interface was very Digg -like, and included ... a total vote count, etc. Today Adrian Pike, the CTO of startup Tatango , noticed that the interface changed yet again and now includes user comments. Like Digg, each comment has an up or down vote feature as well, and Google is using thumbs up and down icons that are exactly the same as those on Digg. The comments show the username of the person leaving it, and clicking on it shows their Google account profile. Also, Google shows the total number of votes both up and down on each result. If you hit the X down vote button, the result is immediately pulled off the screen. He sent in the screen shot above as well as two videos. We’re working on the videos and will post them shortly. Update: First Video, where Pike’s access to the new search features was temporarily disabled. The new   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 17 July 2008, by: Leong Soong  [Report as spam]

  Average rating (1 rating):

  1 2 3 4 5

  Tags:  digg, google, interface, rating, search engine , voting   [More...] [Less...]