http://rationalexuberance.org/2006/02/01/when-were-you-first-turing-tricked/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://rationalexuberance.org/2006/02/01/when-were-you-first-turing-tricked/#comment-2 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:32:09 +0000 http://rationalexuberance.org/2006/02/01/when-were-you-first-turing-tricked/#comment-2 [...] As for “keeping data current”, you would want spiders, when possible. I have always wanted a system that recognizes a spider as a “user” or “contributor” along with its human counterparts. (To have both humans and bots in the same table makes me shudder with excitement and reminds me of a story.) As for trust metrics, imagine a slashdot where people contribute not articles but well-defined, structured data?  (If you could get this easy enough for end-users to do, and you could set up an online shop, people would probably come knocking.) [...] […] As for “keeping data current”, you would want spiders, when possible. I have always wanted a system that recognizes a spider as a “user” or “contributor” along with its human counterparts. (To have both humans and bots in the same table makes me shudder with excitement and reminds me of a story.) As for trust metrics, imagine a slashdot where people contribute not articles but well-defined, structured data?  (If you could get this easy enough for end-users to do, and you could set up an online shop, people would probably come knocking.) […]

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