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Thanks for checking us out! Virwire prioritizes news based on what people are consuming and not on editorial agenda. Bias is subjective to say the least, but

Thanks for checking us out! Virwire prioritizes news based on what people are consuming and not on editorial agenda. Bias is subjective to say the least, but do you want the media telling you what you should read? By filtering articles via social signals Virwire exposes all sides of the 'story' and trusts readers to sort out the bs. We believe 'people' are smarter than we give them credit for.

joshstrange 10y ago
> Virwire exposes all sides of the 'story' and trusts readers to sort out the bs. We believe 'people' are smarter than we give them credit for. Well HN isn't really a place for jokes and that sure is one if I've ever seen one. People don't care to sort out the BS, they share/read/click on things that reinforce their existing viewpoints and/or bias. It's like putting healthy food and candy on a table and letting lose kids into the room and saying "I'm sure they will pick the nutritionally sound and healthy options".
ceejayoz 10y ago
> We believe 'people' are smarter than we give them credit for. We literally have a wealth of evidence to contest this. For example: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/fake-news-survey https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/fake-news-survey
- brandables 10y ago
  I going to believe that you are being ironic, quoting Buzzfeed as your single source of truth :)
  - ceejayoz 10y ago
    Buzzfeed cites a study, links to the results and calculations, and gives good detail on the methodology, sample size, etc. They've also been using their clickbait revenues to do some great long-form journalism, like https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/a-matter-of-time https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/a-matter-of-time. You're really not selling me on your ability to solve bias issues.