Hemanshu Desai wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:59:55 -0400 (EDT), Abe arafi@umich.edu wrote:
If users did this for many articles, then a network of causation would emerge, where the nodes of the network are articles and the links are "influences". This network could be exploited through a search tool that finds paths of articles between article A and B.
Interesting but how do we resolve the POV problem? do we want endless arguments over whether America influenced the Taliban; George Bush influenced oil markets; oil influenced Gulf war.... to name a few?
YES!
That's the small enough price of neutrality. No article is sacred, and that's healthy. People on both sides of these issues are enraged when they see the blatant POVism of their opponents destroying their own very neutral views. The control freaks worry me a lot more than the trolls, because they use a patina of legitimacy to impose their POV.
Resolving "POV problem"s will be an incremental process that may take years.
Ec.