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NYT On Online Reputations

Posted by Hemos on from the building-the-systems-of-truth dept.

prostoalex writes "New York Times analyzes the importance of online postings for the company images and product success/failure rates. Intuit's TurboTax DRM "feature" is mentioned as one of the bad ideas, that was quickly and vociferously opposed by the Internet folk. The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding got quite a nice cash flow even though the advertising budget was low, but opinions on the Internet regarded the movie highly. Rating systems of Epinions and Slashdot are also discussed briefly."

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  1. Slashdot by MCMLXXVI · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for the link to Slashdot or I may have never found it.

  2. NYT On Online Reputations? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that's irony. (registration required)

  3. NYTimes by Kafka_Canada · · Score: 3, Funny

    New York Times on reputation..... ouch.

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  4. Correction by sg3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The New York Times issued a correction for their story on online reputations. It turns out the author has never been on the Internet and does not own a computer. Also, the reference to Amazon books was incorrect; Amazon actually is a the remnants of a forest, not an online bookseller. There is no such web site site as Slashdot.

    The New York Times regrets the error.

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  5. This is great news! by notque · · Score: 5, Funny

    With as much as Slashdot bashes Microsoft, It's sure to crumble to the weight of our online opinions any minute! ...

    Any minute now...

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  6. Re:A modest proposal... by Horny+Smurf · · Score: 3, Funny
    Precise karma information will only happen if/when Rob CmdrTaco Malda is dead (most likely from sexual asphyxiation, sexual impalement, or state-sponosored electrocution).

    CmdrTaco doesn't like Karma to be a game, in his world, it's a tool to select moderators. Since he instituted a karma cap, then replaced numerical karma score with adjectives, and then replaced the number of mods to a post with percentages, anything measurable isn't likely to happen.