Credibility is not binary

I've seen a couple of efforts lately to help determine who's credible online and though I understand the need and the motive, these attempts are fundamentally flawed and perhaps even more damaging than they are helpful.

The latest is Newscred and Techcrunch describes it today. I used a Techcrunch beta invite to poke around.

It's very simple -- though that's the problem; credibility isn't so simple. They list articles and you get to ... Full Story »

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by Dan Kennedy - Oct. 1, 2008

Jarvis makes some good points about the hazards of attempting to rate credibility. For the life of me, though, I can't see how his proposal - promoting good stuff rather than penalizing bad stuff - would be any more useful or free of bias.

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