Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Skewz: nice concept, questionable results
This is via our somewhat flaky friends at Poynter's E-Media Tidbits (i.e., far too many instances to list here but one example is the most recent prior entry on page view bonuses; it could easily destroy some of the best newspaper work).
Iverson brings up Skewz's assessment of LGF (NFW we're linkin') and sfgate.com: Left and right for sure. Iverson says those reasonable and considerate folks at LGF require registration before posting (to comments!!!???)... "in order to deter flaming...". Funny, it always seemed they would rather just preach to the rabid choir and were afraid some sanity might seep into the comments.
SF Gate, a somewhat mainstream spin-off of the SF Chronicle, is very liberal. Well, it is the San Francisco market they serve and therein lies the crux: That city is the "Hillary" of the American urban geopolitical landscape.
Skewz assesses these two sites and comes up with LGF being moderate to center right and sfgate being strong (far?) to center left on stories posted.
Iverson is right about one thing, more is needed to complete this comparative picture. ¶ 1/01/2008 05:59:00 PM
Iverson brings up Skewz's assessment of LGF (NFW we're linkin') and sfgate.com: Left and right for sure. Iverson says those reasonable and considerate folks at LGF require registration before posting (to comments!!!???)... "in order to deter flaming...". Funny, it always seemed they would rather just preach to the rabid choir and were afraid some sanity might seep into the comments.
SF Gate, a somewhat mainstream spin-off of the SF Chronicle, is very liberal. Well, it is the San Francisco market they serve and therein lies the crux: That city is the "Hillary" of the American urban geopolitical landscape.
Skewz assesses these two sites and comes up with LGF being moderate to center right and sfgate being strong (far?) to center left on stories posted.
Iverson is right about one thing, more is needed to complete this comparative picture. ¶ 1/01/2008 05:59:00 PM
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The comparison is of course a subjective one based on the aggregate perception of the Skewz community. I think that it is through comments/debates that one can understand the reasons for polarity in more depth (i.e. Quantitative information or skews to explain how much and qualitative information to explain why). One more cool thing on the site - the split view (available on per article basis)- here's an example - http://www.skewz.com/link/split_view/3077
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Penheaded replies:
Subjective in itself really doesn't make a compelling reason to read: Nor would the aggregated perceptual power of a community that characterizes LGF (an archetypically rabid warblog) as moderate to center constitute much of a reason to read.
We are guessing that Anonymous is associated with Skewz and is attempting to massage early perceptions of the site. Again, we find the concept to have promise. We hope that a larger sample and user base will bring results more in line with reality.
Subjective in itself really doesn't make a compelling reason to read: Nor would the aggregated perceptual power of a community that characterizes LGF (an archetypically rabid warblog) as moderate to center constitute much of a reason to read.
We are guessing that Anonymous is associated with Skewz and is attempting to massage early perceptions of the site. Again, we find the concept to have promise. We hope that a larger sample and user base will bring results more in line with reality.
Penheaded replies:
The skewing is screwed. Take the instance of Pajamas Media ranting about the imminent danger of encroaching Sharia law because one of their toadies got slapped with a libel judgment, thus prompting the Skewz "community" to label this article as left of center. The article was so disjointed it probably just confused them. And they probably don't know anything about the history of Pajamas Media.
So there you have it, the opinion of a group that appears somewhat ignorant and with no insight. Take it for what it is worth.
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The skewing is screwed. Take the instance of Pajamas Media ranting about the imminent danger of encroaching Sharia law because one of their toadies got slapped with a libel judgment, thus prompting the Skewz "community" to label this article as left of center. The article was so disjointed it probably just confused them. And they probably don't know anything about the history of Pajamas Media.
So there you have it, the opinion of a group that appears somewhat ignorant and with no insight. Take it for what it is worth.
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