Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites 535
holy_calamity writes "While introducing the new World Wide Web Foundation Tim Berners-Lee made also asked for a system of ratings to help people distinguish truth and untruth online. 'On the web the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly,' he said, saying that 'there needed to be new systems that would give websites a label for trustworthiness once they had been proved reliable sources.'"
Just what we need... (Score:5, Funny)
This article is not true. (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know if I believe this... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I can get you ratings readily enough... (Score:3, Funny)
Can you just imagine all the poor people who are heavily confused about the state of affairs in Soviet Russia after reading slashdot? How were they to know that these things were untrue!?
Re:I can get you ratings readily enough... (Score:5, Funny)
Waitaminit....that's almost how it should be...
Re:Just what we need... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just what we need... (Score:5, Funny)
I'd mod you +1 truthy (but I could be making this up).
Slashdot getting a truth rating? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where's the "goodluckwiththat" tag (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I can get you ratings readily enough... (Score:3, Funny)
Can you just imagine all the poor people who are heavily confused about the state of affairs in Soviet Russia after reading slashdot? How were they to know that these things were untrue!?
Wait a minute. This is just a special case of internationalization!
1. Check visitors IP
2. Look up geo-position
3. Serve up localized truth
4. ???
5. Profit!!!
Re:Just what we need... (Score:3, Funny)
Someone mod him up lest the rest miss him. Do you REALLY want to know how well /. would hold up in a test for truth?
Re:This will never work (Score:4, Funny)
Sorry Mr. Twain.
Re:Just what we need... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Just what we need... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Truth rate this post (Score:5, Funny)
Ok, let's truth rate (True or False answers only) the following sentence in this post:
"This sentence is false."
I'd have to give it 3 trues out of 5 possible.
Re:And Then What? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Just what we need... (Score:5, Funny)
"Which, if I am correct..."
You're aren't correct.
Re:And Then What? (Score:3, Funny)
Easy!
>UFO
False
> paranormal phenomena
False
> Christianity
True
> Islam
True
> Scientology
False
> acupuncture
True
> homeopathy
False
> OS feature debates?
False
Next!
Re:Just what we need... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm thinking we need a "Truth Authority" coalition. Maybe the Catholic Church, the U.S. Government, and Fortune 500 companies -- they have a good track record so far.
Bury (Score:5, Funny)
Please dont go against the groupthink on diggdot. Until then, I have no choice but to bury your comment and then reply to it flaming you.
It is a well known fact that George Bush used dozens of Cops with Tasers to bring down Richard Stallman for Smoking Legal Pot for his Melanoma. We should ban Tasers, Bush, Cops and vote Paul/Stallman for 2008 (Paul is still running, the MSM just lies about it).
Also, the moon landing is a hoax, 9/11 really happened on 9/12 but the Pepsi bottling company wanted it moved a day to sell more soda so the fat cats in Washington fucked with the calandar to make it so (this is true, there have been several other diggdot stories proving it...), and Diebold stole every election since Hoover.
Now digg my comment *up* please--if not for stating the obvious, but for its inner truth.
Re:And Then What? (Score:5, Funny)
At what point did Berners-Lee appoint themselves Rulers of the Truth?
Shortly after aquiring multiple personalities [wikipedia.org]?
Critical thinking is overrated...trust me... (Score:1, Funny)
It would be far more efficacious to push for a critical thinking and debate class requirements in grade and collegiate level schools.
But if everyone was good at critical thinking, I wouldn't be special anymore. The advantages which put me in a higher economic rung than most people in my age-group will no longer be advantages...I will be a commoner again...relegated to the same mundane jobs that the rest of them are.
That sucks. I think I would prefer for most of the populace to remain stupider than me, even if it means putting up with DRM and evil governments.
Re:This article is not true. (Score:3, Funny)
"This is the problem with truth : Everything most people know to be true is wrong"
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That should about settle things for everyone.
drew
Websites? (Score:3, Funny)
I want hese ratings on PEOPLE. They need to be endorsed by the official Ministry of Truth.
This law is enacted retroactively, yesterday.
Those not conforming to official truth records are subject to reformation and compulsory psychological medication.
Re:Just what we need... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm with you. In fact, I'm taking Latin classes at the moment so I can finally avoid vulgar tongues entirely.
The language of Shakespeare is too recent an invention for my tastes; it's the language of Cicero for me!
And for anyone who might find this viewpoint absurd, keep in mind that I'm not taking it too far, like those Sanskrit-only types.
Re:Just what we need... (Score:5, Funny)
yo wassup
i no what u mean ppl keep judgng me on how i right ppl shld quit jugdng me on hwo i right
(Gah, I hate myself for writing that)
Re:Just what we need... (Score:4, Funny)
I think their word of the past year was "w00t!"
The mating call of the homosexual barn owl?
Re:Just what we need... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Just what we need... (Score:1, Funny)
That depends on what your deffinition of "is" is.