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by YazIAm 8y ago
So this differs from regular citations in that: 1) only primary sources are accepted 2) the claim and primary source must be verified by a community of fact checkers Definitely happy to chat though, will send you an email!
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by YazIAm 8y ago
The idea is that good journalists can stand out by making their fact checking open and auditable
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by YazIAm 8y ago
1) Now that video deepfake is a thing, I currently only allow videos as primary sources in rare circumstances (such as the video being published by a verified account of the subject). 2) Only primary sources are accepted. Currently anyone
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by YazIAm 8y ago
I'm happy to provide any journalist/blogger who wants to include this style of annotation on their site a js plug-in to do just that. The whole fact checking process actually happens within the system, the facts you see on there w
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by YazIAm 8y ago
Currently (for the prototype), you can start contributing, but your reviews only become public once I've vetted you and given you a fact checking test. Long term the goal is to have an open reputation score for every fact checker. I&#x
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by YazIAm 8y ago
The goal is to enable journalists/bloggers to annotate their content with their fact checking. Allowing their readers to audit to and to contribute to the fact checking for themselves. In other words, enabling journalists to "show
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by YazIAm 8y ago
Been experimenting with building tools to make fact checking more transparent and reusable for a few years now, this is the latest iteration of that project. Feedback appreciated!
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Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open source” their fact checking(sourcedfact.com)
593 points by YazIAm 8y ago|298 comments
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by YazIAm 8y ago
The argument against this is that founding a startup, when factoring in the incredibly low success rate, may not be the best strategy to gain money. Joining an early stage startup (with equity) that's clearly on a growth path, or even
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Net Neutrality – How We Got Here(sourcedfact.com)
7 points by YazIAm 8y ago|0 comments
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by YazIAm 8y ago
An authoring platform enabling authors/journalists to "open source" their fact checking. That is, making their fact checking reviewable and reusable. Here's a demo article on net neutrality! https://sourcedfac
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Show HN: Explorable fact checking for long form content. Demo article(sourcedfact.com)
1 points by YazIAm 9y ago|0 comments
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by YazIAm 9y ago
Curious, what was the thought process behind removing the 'News' and 'Mass Media' request for startups? Not sure when they were removed exactly, just noticed now.
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Show HN: Sourced Fact – A wiki for facts proven with primary sources (alpha)(sourcedfact.com)
6 points by YazIAm 10y ago|1 comments
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by YazIAm 10y ago
Figured I'd make something for people (like myself) that want more sourced information, but are frustrated with the signal to noise ratio these days. Would be surprised if it reached people who regularly fall for fake news (at least at
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Show HN: Sourced Claim – only news that's proven with a primary source(sourcedclaim.com)
2 points by YazIAm 10y ago|3 comments