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What incentivizes people to report every possible detail of their lives on Twitter and Facebook? You know how I confirm if Instagram is indeed down? You go on T
by overcast 8y ago
What incentivizes people to report every possible detail of their lives on Twitter and Facebook? You know how I confirm if Instagram is indeed down? You go on Twitter, and everyone breaks out the "I go on Twitter to check if Instagram is down" meme. DSL Reports, and various others have come before this idea. People love yapping about things. ESPECIALLY when it's something negative to say.
The real question is if anyone really cares enough to support a niche site like this. The biggest problem is that food poisoning isn't something that happens daily for anyone.
- tptacek 8y agoSorry, I wasn't clear: if you look at the DineSafe.org site, there's no feedback loop for reporters. There's an enterprise analytics application businesses can buy, and what looks like a blind report form for consumers, but no link between the two. By contrast: if I report a hotel on the Bedbug Registry, I am participating in a resource that is open to everyone, not just people who pay for the enterprise app.
- paddoq 8y agoIwaspoisoned.com is the site i think you meant to look at. It shows the reports etc, this is the consumer facing site.
- tptacek 8y agoAre "reports" on IWASPOISONED.COM part of the data set for DINESAFE.ORG?
- paddoq 8y agoYes. Dinesafe.org sells data and data intelligence from iwaspoisoned.com
- solarkraft 8y agoDinesafe sounds way more serious. I'd be happier to report there (but with some of the characteristics of iwaspoisoned).
- StudentStuff 8y agoDSLReports is dying if you haven't noticed, with Karl Bode leaving, there are no more constant news updates. Really sad to watch this corner of the internet die.