Re:Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club
by balazsdavid987 on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:05AM
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Your project aims to rate billionaires...but based on what aspect of their personality? Musk wants to rate journalists based on their credibility: do they write what is true or do they blend the truth for a better story? A yes-no rating, regardless of what your target group, makes absolutely no sense.
Re:Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club
by namdas on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:04AM
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I don't aim to rate billionaires, I wish to point out the stupidity of allowing the internet at large to vote on the $value of any other random individual in the world.
There are huge problems with our media but a large part of those stem from the proprietors, whether huge corporations in the US or billionaire owned such as Fox. It's rarely down to individual journalists
Sure I could add comments, the ability to submit links with references etc but we all know how it would turn out. A complete shitshow of spam, libellous comments and junk. Much like I expect a crowd based site voting on fellow humans who happen to work for media companies.
Re:Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club
by ytNumbers on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:56AM
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A nice start. However, there seems to be plenty of room for improvement. You seem to have "Founded Own Company" set to "No" for everyone. Perhaps that field is not actually getting pulled from your database?
Re:Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club
by namdas on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:00AM
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Thanks! I was supposed to be working today and it's just a piece of fun based on the news so thought I should draw a line under it rather than improving for ever!
You're right tho, I misread the dataset - it's year company founded, not boolean yes/ no, will amend now.
Re:Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club
by namdas on Friday May 25, 2018 @05:24AM
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He was languishing near the bottom, looking young and unhealthy, so I've bumped up his net worth to the most current figure and stuck him to the top :)
Re:Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club
by hotpockets on Thursday May 24, 2018 @07:11PM
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This seems a stretch. I think most people will view this as a 1 person, bootstrapped website. It would be hard to confuse it with a campaign of mass murder.
There are huge problems with our media but a large part of those stem from the proprietors, whether huge corporations in the US or billionaire owned such as Fox. It's rarely down to individual journalists
Sure I could add comments, the ability to submit links with references etc but we all know how it would turn out. A complete shitshow of spam, libellous comments and junk. Much like I expect a crowd based site voting on fellow humans who happen to work for media companies.
Is there a reason you're associating yourself with the propaganda arm of mass murderer, Joseph Stalin?