Comments on: Out of Touch or Moral Guardian? http://twopointouch.com/2006/websites/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:32:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Riley http://twopointouch.com/2006/websites/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-4992 Chris Riley Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:12:11 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/25/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/#comment-4992 Hi, thanks for blogging about BBC Touch. To answer Stephen's point, the cateogorisation is simply down to the Yahoo Content Analysis API I use to extract keywords from the headlines. I've not done any kind of manual analysis into this, its all automatic. Hence breaking it down further by reader would be tricky too, since that data isn't readily available in a machine readable form. Hope that helps, it really was a quick "idea - execute" project, so will have its flaws! Hi, thanks for blogging about BBC Touch. To answer Stephen’s point, the cateogorisation is simply down to the Yahoo Content Analysis API I use to extract keywords from the headlines. I’ve not done any kind of manual analysis into this, its all automatic. Hence breaking it down further by reader would be tricky too, since that data isn’t readily available in a machine readable form.

Hope that helps, it really was a quick “idea – execute” project, so will have its flaws!

]]> By: Ian Delaney http://twopointouch.com/2006/websites/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-3763 Ian Delaney Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:07:22 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/25/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/#comment-3763 Trouble is, as far as my own experience is concerned, is that tracking data is really poor. I also think there's some very valid privacy concerns around this. That said, I would not be surprised if the BBC had access to the best that's available when it comes to that sort of data. Trouble is, as far as my own experience is concerned, is that tracking data is really poor. I also think there’s some very valid privacy concerns around this.

That said, I would not be surprised if the BBC had access to the best that’s available when it comes to that sort of data.

]]> By: Bob Boydston http://twopointouch.com/2006/websites/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-3762 Bob Boydston Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:12:37 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/25/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/#comment-3762 From what is presented, each "popularity point" is equal. What about a breakdown on what the interests are of each of the "readers?" A weighted statistic may show that the true "guardians" are none other than all of us! :) From what is presented, each “popularity point” is equal. What about a breakdown on what the interests are of each of the “readers?” A weighted statistic may show that the true “guardians” are none other than all of us! :)

]]> By: Ian Delaney http://twopointouch.com/2006/websites/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-3754 Ian Delaney Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:47:30 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/25/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/#comment-3754 Thanks for the comment, Stephen. The focus is on the BBC because Chris has been good enough to do the analysis. Personally, I am interested because I'm British. Insight into US media producers is more than welcome. though. I assumed 'Cruise', 'Cruise Holmes' and 'Tom and Katie' refer to three different stories on different days. i.e. They are stories, not categories of story. Thanks for the comment, Stephen.

The focus is on the BBC because Chris has been good enough to do the analysis. Personally, I am interested because I’m British. Insight into US media producers is more than welcome. though.

I assumed ‘Cruise’, ‘Cruise Holmes’ and ‘Tom and Katie’ refer to three different stories on different days. i.e. They are stories, not categories of story.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://twopointouch.com/2006/websites/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-3753 Stephen Downes Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:41:13 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/25/out-of-touch-or-moral-guardian/#comment-3753 As I comment on Jarvis's post, the categorizations are so bad they make any conclusion useless. Look at the list you saw: we have 'cruise holmes', 'cruise' and 'tom and katie' as three separate categories. Which is then interpreted as the BBC missing three separate topics people are interested in. Meanwhile, on the BBC side, we have 'england', 'cricket' and 'pakistan' as three separate topics, not one story about a home. I would also ask, why the focus on the BBC? Have you seen how the top stories on Digg compare to, say, the top stories on CNN or the NY Times? As I comment on Jarvis’s post, the categorizations are so bad they make any conclusion useless. Look at the list you saw: we have ‘cruise holmes’, ‘cruise’ and ‘tom and katie’ as three separate categories. Which is then interpreted as the BBC missing three separate topics people are interested in. Meanwhile, on the BBC side, we have ‘england’, ‘cricket’ and ‘pakistan’ as three separate topics, not one story about a home.

I would also ask, why the focus on the BBC? Have you seen how the top stories on Digg compare to, say, the top stories on CNN or the NY Times?

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