Comments on: The power of mis-information and its followers http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773 A personal site by Derek Punsalan sharing personal interests with technology, WordPress, design, and general geekery. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sherwin Techicohttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-46479 Sherwin Techico Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:24:54 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-46479 Damn man, I guess your grids are doing something weird to people =) Damn man, I guess your grids are doing something weird to people =)

]]> By: davohttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-46296 davo Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:03:43 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-46296 I'm perfectly confident in my saying this: I believe Engadget simply thrives on rumors and speculation. I’m perfectly confident in my saying this: I believe Engadget simply thrives on rumors and speculation.

]]> By: Jordanhttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45818 Jordan Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:56:02 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45818 Now I know the best way to get visitors to me site ;) Now I know the best way to get visitors to me site ;)

]]> By: Andrehttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45794 Andre Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:09:46 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45794 People are stupid. Who knew? People are stupid. Who knew?

]]> By: Glenn Wolseyhttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45734 Glenn Wolsey Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:05:10 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45734 I think this can all be summed up in <a href="http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/28/words-for-the-wise/" rel="nofollow">one highly intelligent blog post</a> . I think this can all be summed up in one highly intelligent blog post .

]]> By: Robinhttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45733 Robin Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:54:03 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45733 Gizmodo isn't what I would classify as intelligent. Gizmodo isn’t what I would classify as intelligent.

]]> By: Sean Shttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45731 Sean S Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:10:09 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45731 ... and you didn't see all of that coming, how? The moment I read the post in my reader I knew you were asking for it. … and you didn’t see all of that coming, how? The moment I read the post in my reader I knew you were asking for it.

]]> By: Derekhttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45732 Derek Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:41:57 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45732 The types of reactions and the sources of the reactions was completely backwards from what I expected. For starters, I expected the comments on Digg to be filled with users muttering things like "great, more Apple news", "Apple fan boys at it again", etc. Surprisingly, the commenting dialogue concerning the story, for the most part, dealt with <em>how Cingular handled hardware discounts</em>. My last expectation was for a site like Engadget to immediately label the story as a rumor rather than conducting a little more background fact checking.There is no denying that once a site like Engadget labels it as a rumor related post, the title and idea stick. It was far from what I expected considering Engadget's sister site TUAW stayed completely neutral. rather than using the post as fuel for a completely different fire (combining it with Leopard release date rumors), The types of reactions and the sources of the reactions was completely backwards from what I expected. For starters, I expected the comments on Digg to be filled with users muttering things like "great, more Apple news", "Apple fan boys at it again", etc. Surprisingly, the commenting dialogue concerning the story, for the most part, dealt with how Cingular handled hardware discounts. My last expectation was for a site like Engadget to immediately label the story as a rumor rather than conducting a little more background fact checking.

There is no denying that once a site like Engadget labels it as a rumor related post, the title and idea stick. It was far from what I expected considering Engadget’s sister site TUAW stayed completely neutral. rather than using the post as fuel for a completely different fire (combining it with Leopard release date rumors),

]]> By: Derekhttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45717 Derek Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:42:51 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45717 Business as usual later this week for sure. Business as usual later this week for sure.

]]> By: Devon Shawhttp://5thirtyone.com/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-45715 Devon Shaw Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:38:12 +0000 http://5thirtyone.com/archives/773#comment-45715 While it was an interesting curiosity, I'm definitely looking forward to when us regular readers can get back to business as usual. :) While it was an interesting curiosity, I’m definitely looking forward to when us regular readers can get back to business as usual. :)

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