Stanford Web Credibility
November 18, 2002 4:41 AM Subscribe
Stanford Web Credibility “Our goal is to understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web. We hope this knowledge will enhance Web site design and promote future research on Web credibility.” A project of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, who offer ten guidelines for a web site’s credibility.
the #ff0000 text in font size 7 is often a reliable indicator that the site may not be a reliable indicator.
but seriously, why worry about it - newspapers have been around for years, spewing lies and innuendo and masquerading opinion as fact, and nobody is developing guidelines for the detection of that bullshit. every evening millions of americans sit down in front of the lie-o-vision for the 6 o'clock lies. is anyone teaching children how to filter that bullshit? at least the web, for the time being, is able to present the lies of the common man as easily as the lies of corporate media moguls and politicians.
now, am i lying?
posted by quonsar at 5:22 AM on November 18, 2002
but seriously, why worry about it - newspapers have been around for years, spewing lies and innuendo and masquerading opinion as fact, and nobody is developing guidelines for the detection of that bullshit. every evening millions of americans sit down in front of the lie-o-vision for the 6 o'clock lies. is anyone teaching children how to filter that bullshit? at least the web, for the time being, is able to present the lies of the common man as easily as the lies of corporate media moguls and politicians.
now, am i lying?
posted by quonsar at 5:22 AM on November 18, 2002
Yep, Q, good point. This morning's headline tells me that whether or not we go to war is a decision entirely up to Saddam. If the media is so "left-wing," how come the stories and headlines mostly sound like they were penned by Cheney and Ashcroft?
posted by kozad at 5:27 AM on November 18, 2002
posted by kozad at 5:27 AM on November 18, 2002
The "10 Tips" list should be subtitled: "Or How to make your Internet Scam or Hoax More Convincing."
Does the phrase "Persuasive Technology" make anybody else think of "A Clockwork Orange," "Brazil" or "1984?" I bet they spend a fortune on toothpicks, Visine and rat food.
posted by agentfresh at 5:28 AM on November 18, 2002
Does the phrase "Persuasive Technology" make anybody else think of "A Clockwork Orange," "Brazil" or "1984?" I bet they spend a fortune on toothpicks, Visine and rat food.
posted by agentfresh at 5:28 AM on November 18, 2002
I dunno, it seems like the "ten guidelines" is more of a "well, no sh!t, Sherlock" list than anything. like fodder to help a consultant get the door open. like a white paper on serach engine optimization that tells you that "all search engine function differently, but you should know about spiders..."
posted by chandy72 at 7:24 AM on November 18, 2002
posted by chandy72 at 7:24 AM on November 18, 2002
OT: Is the problem on my side, or is everybody receiving a ton of "502 BAD GATEWAY" errors as they travel the web today? That's what I get from two of the three links above.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:29 AM on November 18, 2002
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:29 AM on November 18, 2002
Ya know, Timecude doesn't follow any of these guidelines, and yet I get so much more done now that I have 4 simultaneous days with each rotation of the Earth.
I'm a little skeptical of these "Stanford" people. What is a "Stanford" supposed to be anyway? Art Bell says they're a front for the the Illuminati.
posted by putzface_dickman at 7:52 AM on November 18, 2002
I'm a little skeptical of these "Stanford" people. What is a "Stanford" supposed to be anyway? Art Bell says they're a front for the the Illuminati.
posted by putzface_dickman at 7:52 AM on November 18, 2002
Metafilter is so evil it doesn't want me to spell timecube right.
posted by putzface_dickman at 7:53 AM on November 18, 2002
posted by putzface_dickman at 7:53 AM on November 18, 2002
every evening millions of americans sit down in front of the lie-o-vision for the 6 o'clock lies. is anyone teaching children how to filter that bullshit?
Oh yes, everyone should only read the Village Voice and go to indy news sites. They have the "truth", and of course are free from any bias or preconceived ideas.
OT: Is the problem on my side, or is everybody receiving a ton of "502 BAD GATEWAY" errors as they travel the web today?
Well, the internet backbone itself is fairly healthy today.
Art Bell says they're a front for the the Illuminati.
Yes, but Art Bell has "not the mental freedom to comprehend Nature's Higher Order Wisdom of the
Harmonic Simultaneous 4-Day Time Cube Creation Principle within 1Earth Rotation." So he is evil and stupid.
posted by MidasMulligan at 11:37 AM on November 18, 2002
Oh yes, everyone should only read the Village Voice and go to indy news sites. They have the "truth", and of course are free from any bias or preconceived ideas.
OT: Is the problem on my side, or is everybody receiving a ton of "502 BAD GATEWAY" errors as they travel the web today?
Well, the internet backbone itself is fairly healthy today.
Art Bell says they're a front for the the Illuminati.
Yes, but Art Bell has "not the mental freedom to comprehend Nature's Higher Order Wisdom of the
Harmonic Simultaneous 4-Day Time Cube Creation Principle within 1Earth Rotation." So he is evil and stupid.
posted by MidasMulligan at 11:37 AM on November 18, 2002
If you agree with it, then it's TRUE. If you disagree then it's FALSE. What's so hard about that?
posted by HTuttle at 2:36 PM on November 18, 2002
posted by HTuttle at 2:36 PM on November 18, 2002
If you agree with it, then it's TRUE. If you disagree then it's FALSE. What's so hard about that?
Except, the statement above is neither true nor false.
posted by mitchel at 5:04 PM on November 18, 2002
Except, the statement above is neither true nor false.
posted by mitchel at 5:04 PM on November 18, 2002
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Do any of you know any sites which give guidelines for evaluating usefulness/accuracy of websites? I'm thinking of something aimed at students rather than web designers. My high school kids need something like that.
posted by kozad at 4:46 AM on November 18, 2002