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> In a way, what Leck has created is a pro-active search engine: it answers twitter users who aren't even aware of their own ignorance. On the one hand the ide
by olefoo 16y ago
> In a way, what Leck has created is a pro-active search engine: it answers twitter users who aren't even aware of their own ignorance.
On the one hand the idea of a reverse search engine is somewhat appealing, on the other hand; it's Clippy for the internet.
"""
I see you're trying to deny global warming. Would you like to:
1. research the available facts and science?
2. Have an authority figure you trust tell you, you're wrong?
3. Meet other like-minded singles?
"""
- btilly 16y agoNo, no, no. #3 is supposed to be "Profit!", and not an explanation of how you profit!
- phob 16y agoPlease, let him be creative.
- mims 16y agoThis is the funniest thing I've ever read on HN. - Signed, the guy who wrote the original piece for TR
- olefoo 16y agoThanks. Although I was riffing off a long tradition of geeky humor ripping on clippy. On a more serious note; a marketing service that put it's customers brands in front of people who didn't yet know that those products were what they were looking for would be an awesome startup from a business perspective and a somewhat creepy one from a human perspective.
- nervechannel 16y agoIsn't that how a lot of internet advertising works anyway? e.g. You're talking about medical condition X, therefore I shall try to sell you drug Y even if you don't mention Y or drugs at all in your search terms/blog post/etc. And I don't care if you even knew that drugs for X existed.
- olefoo 16y agoLooking at it now, it seems I described Google AdSense fairly well. Although I was thinking more along the lines of something that would insert itself into your social interactions, like Twitter sponsored tweets.
- duck 16y agoDo you have scientific evidence in 140 or less characters to back that claim up? -Bot
- deleted 16y ago[deleted]
- aiphee 16y agoeverything this bot links to is a fucking Youtube! video. They seem to think all the skeptics are from illiterate ADD iGeneration. I don't have time to sit through a bunch of blipverts.
- JoNova 16y agoI see you're trying to break the tenets of science. Would you like to: 1. Learn why argument from authority is a fallacy? 2. See a list of 800 peer reviewed papers supporting skeptics? 3. Meet like-(non)-minded members who use stone age reasoning?
- conserva 16y ago7