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I would love to see a plugin that counted brand references in a writer’s history to expose this kind of thing.
by eightysixfour 9y ago
I would love to see a plugin that counted brand references in a writer’s history to expose this kind of thing.
- dredmorbius 9y agoMore powerful yet: be able to generate a graph of brands and references, with frequencies/weights assigned, so you can spot the shills. E.g., what products does X write about, who else does, do they cover the competition as well? Being able to assess positive/negative coverage would be even better. I have some thoughts in mind.
- eightysixfour 9y agoI’m more of a product guy than a dev but if you ever start moving in that direction, let me know. Happy to provide some thoughts.
- crdoconnor 9y agoIt's usually quite obvious if you know where to look. The articles usually start with some trend or other and the source in question gets inserted 1-5 paragraphs later. Either the CEO gets quoted or the brand gets mentioned or research from the institution gets quoted (if it's a think tank). Bearing that in mind, if you read, say, this article (currently at the top of BBC news 'capital' section), it ought to be fairly clear which institution was responsible for its existence: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20171206-should-we-drop-the-term-millennial http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20171206-should-we-drop-the... (although the 'why' might take a bit more digging) I've noticed that pointing out PR sources for stories submitted on Hacker News story comments tends to attract aggressive downvoting and flaggings though.