The Science of Truthiness 180
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Soulskill
from the look-it-up-in-your-gut dept.
from the look-it-up-in-your-gut dept.
E IS mC(Square) writes "Researchers at Indiana University have just launched Truthy.indiana.edu, which they humbly declare 'a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation leading up to the Nov. 2 elections.' According to their FAQ, they define 'truthy' thus: 'A truthy meme relies on deceptive tactics to represent misinformation as fact. The Truthy system uses Truthy to refer to activities such as political smear campaigns, astroturfing, and other social pollution."
Better solution (Score:1, Funny)
They should license the Slashdot moderation system, which flawlessly identifies truth and legitimate opinion (which are highlighted to according to their objective worth) from lies, disinformation and trollery (which are cast down to the lower levels where the ACs dwell) and succesfully filters out any mocking sarcasm.
I want the Truthy! (Score:1, Funny)
You can't handle the Truthy!!!
Re:Can they scream their bias any louder? (Score:2, Funny)
CONSERVATARD SPOTTED.
Re:summary: (Score:3, Funny)
I find it amusing that you were able to express this sentiment in fewer than 140 characters.