Who is an expert is subjective and hence is it not feasible to have an Expert Network.
Is Einstein right about relativity? Well, he might be but if I think he is wrong, I want to jugde him as "untrustworthy (related to physics)" and don't get his theories.
If 98% of the people think "Bill Gates is an expert in Operating Systems", should I be forced to receive a recommendation about software by Bill Gates or I can state that Bill Gates is "untrustworthy" and keep using GNU/Linux? The second one, thanks!
If the Pope is considered (or at least he was in 1500 or so!) as the expert about "what is good and what is bad" (for example about what women could do), should I just swallow down his opinions or I can judge him as "untrustworthy" and don't get his recommendations?
Should I read the book recommended by the English professor at Oxford because of his position? No thanks. If I subjectively trust him, I will. If I distrust him and trust instead the man who washes Oxford floors, I will get the second one's favorite books!
Opinions are subjective! The globally recognized expert of a topic does not exist. There can always be someone that does disagree.
Who is the expert about religion? about abortion? about gay rights? about any (a little bit) controversial topic? A global expert cannot exist.
An approach based on your personal subjective trust network is the only reasonable solution and I love Stan's work.
Who is an expert is subjective and hence is it not feasible to have an Expert Network.
Is Einstein right about relativity? Well, he might be but if I think he is wrong, I want to jugde him as "untrustworthy (related to physics)" and don't get his theories.
If 98% of the people think "Bill Gates is an expert in Operating Systems", should I be forced to receive a recommendation about software by Bill Gates or I can state that Bill Gates is "untrustworthy" and keep using GNU/Linux? The second one, thanks!
If the Pope is considered (or at least he was in 1500 or so!) as the expert about "what is good and what is bad" (for example about what women could do), should I just swallow down his opinions or I can judge him as "untrustworthy" and don't get his recommendations?
Should I read the book recommended by the English professor at Oxford because of his position? No thanks. If I subjectively trust him, I will. If I distrust him and trust instead the man who washes Oxford floors, I will get the second one's favorite books!
Opinions are subjective! The globally recognized expert of a topic does not exist. There can always be someone that does disagree.
Who is the expert about religion? about abortion? about gay rights? about any (a little bit) controversial topic? A global expert cannot exist.
An approach based on your personal subjective trust network is the only reasonable solution and I love Stan's work.
I'm aware that this can lead to "Daily Me" problem but this comment is already too long.;-)
On this, see http://moloko.itc.it/paoloblog/archives/2004/04/20/boycott_the_daily_me.html
The goal of this project is to review, understand, code and compare on same data all the trust metrics proposed so far.
I'm a PhD student and this is my phd research proposal (Trust-aware Decentralized Recommender Systems) and it is very related to all this concerns (trust, reputation, decentralization, blogs, recommender system,...)
Personally I think the more promising path to follow is FOAF (Friend Of A Friend) format (see the project blog). There are also 2 extensions (1)(2) to incorporate trust into FOAF files.
By the way, here is my foaf file. You can add me to your "knows" list if you like.
Ok, so now you can check the wiki on trust metrics evaluation and add anything you think should be there and there isn't.
Please, note that I have just opened the wiki and I still have some problem with the installation (there are 2 conflicting python installations and I'm not root of the machine) but the basic functionalities are working.
Hope to continue the discussion on the wiki!
Paolo
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My favorite, not only because I created it ;-)
As reported by BoingBoing Google Maps, Reloaded: Animated Mozillas and Gnus attack Redmond
See the animated invasion and check the html/javascript code.
Anyone interested in Games on Google Maps wiki page?
Who is an expert is subjective and hence is it not feasible to have an Expert Network.
;-)0 /boycott_the_daily_me.html
Is Einstein right about relativity? Well, he might be but if I think he is wrong, I want to jugde him as "untrustworthy (related to physics)" and don't get his theories.
If 98% of the people think "Bill Gates is an expert in Operating Systems", should I be forced to receive a recommendation about software by Bill Gates or I can state that Bill Gates is "untrustworthy" and keep using GNU/Linux? The second one, thanks!
If the Pope is considered (or at least he was in 1500 or so!) as the expert about "what is good and what is bad" (for example about what women could do), should I just swallow down his opinions or I can judge him as "untrustworthy" and don't get his recommendations?
Should I read the book recommended by the English professor at Oxford because of his position? No thanks. If I subjectively trust him, I will. If I distrust him and trust instead the man who washes Oxford floors, I will get the second one's favorite books!
Opinions are subjective! The globally recognized expert of a topic does not exist. There can always be someone that does disagree.
Who is the expert about religion? about abortion? about gay rights? about any (a little bit) controversial topic? A global expert cannot exist.
An approach based on your personal subjective trust network is the only reasonable solution and I love Stan's work.
I'm aware that this can lead to "Daily Me" problem but this comment is already too long.
On this, see http://moloko.itc.it/paoloblog/archives/2004/04/2
Who is an expert is subjective and hence is it not feasible to have an Expert Network. Is Einstein right about relativity? Well, he might be but if I think he is wrong, I want to jugde him as "untrustworthy (related to physics)" and don't get his theories. If 98% of the people think "Bill Gates is an expert in Operating Systems", should I be forced to receive a recommendation about software by Bill Gates or I can state that Bill Gates is "untrustworthy" and keep using GNU/Linux? The second one, thanks! If the Pope is considered (or at least he was in 1500 or so!) as the expert about "what is good and what is bad" (for example about what women could do), should I just swallow down his opinions or I can judge him as "untrustworthy" and don't get his recommendations? Should I read the book recommended by the English professor at Oxford because of his position? No thanks. If I subjectively trust him, I will. If I distrust him and trust instead the man who washes Oxford floors, I will get the second one's favorite books! Opinions are subjective! The globally recognized expert of a topic does not exist. There can always be someone that does disagree. Who is the expert about religion? about abortion? about gay rights? about any (a little bit) controversial topic? A global expert cannot exist. An approach based on your personal subjective trust network is the only reasonable solution and I love Stan's work. I'm aware that this can lead to "Daily Me" problem but this comment is already too long. ;-)
On this, see http://moloko.itc.it/paoloblog/archives/2004/04/20 /boycott_the_daily_me.html
I just set up a wiki on trust metrics evaluation.
...)
The goal of this project is to review, understand, code and compare on same data all the trust metrics proposed so far.
I'm a PhD student and this is my phd research proposal (Trust-aware Decentralized Recommender Systems) and it is very related to all this concerns (trust, reputation, decentralization, blogs, recommender system,
Personally I think the more promising path to follow is FOAF (Friend Of A Friend) format (see the project blog). There are also 2 extensions (1) (2) to incorporate trust into FOAF files.
By the way, here is my foaf file. You can add me to your "knows" list if you like.
Ok, so now you can check the wiki on trust metrics evaluation and add anything you think should be there and there isn't.
Please, note that I have just opened the wiki and I still have some problem with the installation (there are 2 conflicting python installations and I'm not root of the machine) but the basic functionalities are working. Hope to continue the discussion on the wiki! Paolo