We need a Yelp for news -- a way of rating pieces and authors. Maybe reviewers are limited to subject matter experts. Does this exist? How shall we publicly shame the #shitscoopers and also give the public some guidance on what's real?
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All such systems are easily gameable, with conflicting interests; users, vendors, and platform owners have different interests
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Make it a web of trust, put it on the blockchain. I'll trust the reviews of who I follow for my aggregate score. Pay to review/pay to follow.
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Sounds like you caught the @Tribeworthy bug- also known as crowd-contested media.
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looks cool but is there a website where I can search for a particular article, author or publication to see the reviews?
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Nope. But the next iteration of Tribeworthy will have search and rating pages for authors and outlets. You can take a sneak peek at tribeworthy.net on desktop(not mobile optimized yet) or wait and I’ll reach out again when it’s live.
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Been checking out the app. Lots of potential, looking forward to the next iteration. Would also be great to build a custom list of trusted reviewers so that bots and bad reviewers don't taint the scores I see.
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Yeah the next iteration will have a leaderboard featuring the highest rated authors, outlets, and reviewers. And as you may have noticed we feature their User Rating next to every review. Great feedback tho, thanks!
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Great! I'm worried about the Sybil attack at both levels: article ratings, and reviewer ratings. Maybe connect to BitRated or other WoT.. need a way to filter out fake/compromised/paid users/reviews.
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Yeah this is where something like uport might come in handy. Another thing we’re doing to mitigate this risk is by having verified journalists review under a Critics Category similar to how Rotten Tomatoes does it. That gives us a quantifiable and verifiable group of expert...
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Unfortunately, as soon as you start picking your own critics, the service is going to be accused of being biased. I think the only way to handle it is to let the user pick their own reviewers.. it's like building a list of nodes to trust not to collude.
Absolutely right which is why the follower/following feature will come in handy. And our idea of who can be in the critics category- Only the top 200 authors rated on the platform get to review under the Critics Category. So their ratings decide, not us. Can change constantly.
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I am not a fan of this approach because I think most people are wrong about most things. You might end up with the most extremist views in the top 200. Would be even better if nobody could see who I'm following so they can't try to target me.
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